WASHINGTON, DC  —  Semiconductors, one of the most important innovations of the last century, are now crucial inputs in mobile phones, personal computers, educational technologies, vehicles, heavy machinery, medical instruments, military equipment and much more.From the

WASHINGTON, DC  —  Inflation has become a hot-button political issue worldwide. In the United States, the consumer price index increased at an annual rate of 8.6 per cent in May, and EU inflation is not far behind.

WASHINGTON, DC  —  Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has heightened everyone’s appreciation of global issues and interconnectivity. In addition to geopolitical and defence concerns, there is a renewed focus on the state of international trade.

WASHINGTON, DC  —  When the economy is going well, the poor benefit more than others. But when things are going badly, it is the poor who are hurt the most.

WASHINGTON, DC  —  To help Ukraine while avoiding a nuclear confrontation between NATO and Russia, the United States and its allies have attacked the Russian economy with trade and financial sanctions on a previously unimaginable scale.

WASHINGTON, DC  —  Global economic growth since World War II has been an unprecedented success.

WASHINGTON, DC — Global economic growth since World War II has been an unprecedented success.

WASHINGTON, DC  —  Although the pandemic has caused upheavals and hardship around the world, it has fallen particularly hard on low- and middle-income countries.

WASHINGTON, DC — Among former US president Donald Trump’s many policy mistakes, some of the worst were in the area of trade. His administration’s sweeping tariffs on imported steel and aluminum were neither sensible nor even effective in achieving their stated objectives.