Protectionism

BRASILIA: Brazil will not get involved in a trade war, President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday (Nov 14), after US-foes China and Russia criticized growing protectionism as the global economy slows. Bolsonaro, who has been walking a diplomatic tightrope at …

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he would not be drawn into the protracted U.S.-China trade dispute, and that Brazil was free to trade with whatever country it chooses. Speaking in Brasilia where leaders of the BRICS grou…

Donald Trump has claimed Boris Johnson as his bumbling, blond-haired mini-me from across the water. The U.K. Labour Party is doing all it can to push the same message ahead of next month’s general election, claiming there is a Trump-Johnson alliance at foot. …

China is increasingly part of Brazil's future, President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday, signaling a more pragmatic approach to the Latin American country's biggest trade partner. Standing alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Brazilian capital of Bra…

Leaders of the BRICS group of emerging economies on Wednesday criticized what they view as politically motivated protectionism at a time of a global slowdown and said their countries are doing their best to counter the trend. At their annual summit, the lead…

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin tells fellow leaders of the BRICS group of emerging economy nations that he supports more cooperation in information and computing. He specifically says they should take note of Russias advances on anti-…

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin told fellow leaders of the BRICS group of emerging economy nations Wednesday that he supports more cooperation in information and computing. We would like the other countries to look at our advances in t…

9th BRICS Trade Ministers Meet held in Brazil The 9th BRICS Trade Ministers Meet was held in Brasilia, Brazil. It was attended by Union Minister Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, during which he deliberated on global economic climate with his counterparts …

Unemployment is absent from most quantitative trade models in the academic literature. Using a trade model that also includes unemployment and data between 2001 and 2008, this column shows that repealing NAFTA and the imposition of 20% bilateral tariffs betwe…

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The right-wing populism of President Donald Trump has led the Republican Party away from its traditional commitments to free markets, advancing economic opportunity, openness and personal responsibility, and towards an embrace of racial…