The Geneva Connection: How the Trump Tariffs Penalize US-China Ties and Global Economic Prospects
By Dan Steinbock
Despite de-escalation in Geneva, trillions of dollars may have been lost in the unwarranted trade wars.
In early May, international headlines reported on...
Trump’s Tariffs Threat to the Global South
By Dan Steinbock
With its misguided tariff wars, the Trump administration is not only disrupting historical trade ties with the world’s largest economies, but...
What Soft Commodities are Worth Investing in Q3 2025?
By Edward Nikulin
The global agricultural landscape is witnessing a series of significant shifts that are reshaping export dynamics and supply chains. America's abundant harvests...
Dark Lessons of Prewar Protectionism: From Tariff Wars to Global Fragmentation
By Dan Steinbock
The new Trump administration’s tariff wars are causing costly, even dangerous global fragmentation, with coercive unilateralism...
Donald Trump’s Tariffs: A Prelude to Global Trade Wars?
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
Dr. Kalim Siddiqui analyzes Donald Trump’s aggressive trade strategies, exploring how the US’s tariff policies are contributing to an emerging global...
Reorienting Africa’s Gold Trade for Shared Prosperity: Partnership and Policy Solutions for Inclusive Growth
By Kenneth D. Johnson
Africa’s gold trade loses billions annually to illicit flows, eroding growth and opportunity. Johnson outlines a transformative approach: local refineries, traceability...
Consumer Response to Tariffs: What CPG Should Know in 2025 and Beyond
Tariffs in 2025 have caused major waves with demand volatility across industries, including for consumer packaged goods (CPG) retailers. For starters, the consumer response...
Market, Logistics, and Digital Technology in Yiwu: How the World’s Largest Small-Merchandise Center has...
By Zhang Shuyue, Hunter Trylch and Xiangming Chen
As geopolitical tensions and tariffs disrupt global trade and supply chains, and businesses worry about eroded markets,...
Global Trade is Volatile but Misallocated Attention is What’s Costing Leaders
By Louisa Loran
Headlines suggest global trade is unstable. Beneath the surface, capital, corridors, and trade architecture are being deliberately reorganized. The real risk for...
Proportional Collaborative Sovereignty™: Africa is Redesigning the Global Critical Minerals System
By Kenneth D. Johnson
Africa holds many of the minerals that will determine Europe’s industrial, energy, and security future. Yet the current system leaves African...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
