There are significant opportunities for trade in Africa. This is driven by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a growing consumer market, expanding regional value chains, and increasing ...

During the 1990s, the world moved to the breakdown of international trade barriers with the North American passage of NAFTA and the establishment of the World Trade Organization. In theory, this ...

"I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that underlying conditions, including a lack of reciprocity in our bilateral trade relationships, disparate tariff rates and ...

U.S. trade policy today is a roller coaster, and the only thing predictable about it is its unpredictability. Tariffs, which Donald Trump once called “the most beautiful word in the dictionary,” ...

On April 2, 2025, President Trump announced reciprocal tariffs, setting a baseline rate of 10% on imports from all countries, with higher rates on dozens of countries which the United States (U.S.) ...

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has sharply downgraded its global economic growth outlook, warning that a combination of rising trade barriers, policy uncertainty, ...

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, ...

Fewer trade barriers combined with technological progress that reduced transportation costs led to a surge in international trade. Measured by the sum of exports and imports, total global trade volume ...