Thomas Piketty believes that restricting trade to protect domestic industries usually makes a country poorer overall.

Merchandise trade volumes rose by more than 4 per cent in 2025, “which is strong by the standards of the past decade,” ...

If we look closely at the history of trade, we see that it is far from beautiful. Today, free trade is as commonplace as the air we breathe, but most of modern history was dominated by protectionist ...

Ultimately, eliminating tariffs is a submission to a fundamental truth: the wealth of a nation does not come from stifling ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday pitched the proposed India–European Union (EU) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as a unifying force for major economies amid growing uncertainty in global trade.

The world is facing two major shocks at the same time, record-breaking heat driven by climate change and a sharp retreat from ...

Since returning to the White House a year ago, US President Donald Trump has slapped new tariffs on multiple countries, with the aim of rebalancing the US trade deficit and reindustrialising the ...

President Trump has promised to try to bring back American manufacturing jobs; he has succeeded in bringing back Republican trade protectionism. Before imposing new steel and aluminum tariffs on ...

World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala slammed the global rise of protectionism on Thursday in Davos, while stressing that most international trade continues according to WTO rules. Since ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala talking with Swiss President Guy Parmelin at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos (LAURENT ...