Today, the global trading network is well established, but it has taken multiple decades and various trade agreements to reach the current degree of complexity

Ongoing droughts taking place across the world serve as potent reminders of what happens when a country’s water supply is compromised

The West has sought to integrate China into the international framework for decades. Nevertheless, the country remains resistant to amicable relationships

By preventing the proposed $117bn takeover of Qualcomm by Singapore-based rival Broadcom, President Trump continues to deliver on his protectionist agenda

The German philosopher Karl Marx revolutionised economic thought in the 19th century. But is his work still important today?

In response to Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on US steel imports, the global trading system is threatening to retaliate with tariffs on American products

The international financial centre of Abu Dhabi is enabling growth and development in the region through cutting edge initiatives

China vows to respond as President Trump approves trade tariffs on solar panels and washing machines

A steep depreciation is expected in the artificially-overpriced kwanza when, following the scrapping of the peg, it is exposed to market forces

After nearly four decades in power, Robert Mugabe has resigned as the leader of Zimbabwe. The country must now find its feet without its longstanding prime minister

As he looks to shake the burden of Argentina’s recent past, President Macri is planning significant economic reforms to secure the country’s pivot to financial openness

House and Senate Republicans have hashed out their differences over the tax reform bill, agreeing to reduce the corporate tax rate to 21 percent

The sanctions and anti-money laundering bill is progressing towards passing as law, but will it protect the UK’s economy or make an already-complicated system harder to negotiate?

In its current form, Trump’s tax overhaul would constitute an ‘illegal export subsidy’ and unfairly benefit the US, according to the finance ministers of the five largest European economies

Mário Centeno, who has fought against austerity as Portuguese Finance Minister, will become the next President of the Eurogroup