Protectionism

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…

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said some e-commerce companies are indulging in predatory pricing which is adversely impacting millions of small retailers. "I would like to highlight the adverse impact of predatory pricing indulg…

By Luz Wendy T. Noble FOREIGN direct investment (FDI) inflows dropped year-on-year for the sixth month in a row in August, according to data which the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) released on Monday. Economists blamed generally weak investor sentiment …

Speaking in Berlin on Friday ahead of 30th anniversary events to mark the falling of the Berlin Wall, Mike Pompeo took aim at both China and Russia, saying the world needs to be protected from threats posed by both and that “free nations are in a competition …

America’s economic future will be driven by openness and innovation, not drawbridge-up protectionism. Just as always.

Indias decision to opt out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership was not the right decision, especially from an economic angle. It is true that there were political compulsions such as opposition from farmers, industrialists and other stakeholder…

Following the Bank of England's decision to keep its policy rate unchanged at 0.75%, Governor Mark Carney is delivering his remarks on the monetary policy outlook in a press conference with key quotes, via Reuters, found below. "Global growth is well below t…