What the IMF gets wrong about the global trade rebound

A survey reveals the worldwide migration patterns of researchers

Asian equities were mixed overnight as Hong Kong underperformed.

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Is there any method to the president's insistence that high tariffs will strengthen the American economy?

After a week of volatility, a grand bargain is materializing.

The world is shifting from a global trade order to a devolved one in which bilateral agreements, multiple spheres of influence, and self-interested government policies are likely to loom large. Companies should prepare now for a new, fragmented, non-system that will operate in a "permissionless" manner, where organizations will leverage technology to provide coordination amongst stakeholders. The view of…

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The IMF is trying to make sense of the unknowable

The unveiling of sweeping trade barriers has fundamentally shifted the nature of global trade diplomacy toward transactionalism.

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The Trump administration's tariff war with China is most often seen through the lens of the economy.

Giving up use of the U.S. dollar for global trade and reserve accumulation would be very difficult for U.S. adversaries and would require major economic adjustments, though it would be in the best long-term interests of the United States for the global use of the dollar to be more constrained.

Trump's new tariffs may be universal or targeted — no one knows for sure yet.

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For over a century, the Panama Canal has provided a convenient way for ships to move between the Pacific and

The U.S. is about to take a bite out of the shark fin trade.