In 2009, the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China formed the BRIC association, with South Africa joining a year later. Despite taking some positive steps in the decade since, the disparate economies have not always functioned effectively as a unit

Having won the Taiwanese election by a landslide, President Tsai Ing-wen now has a strong mandate to reduce the country’s economic dependence on China. But the mainland won’t give up without a fight

Since COVID-19 reared its head in December 2019, it has become increasingly clear that pandemics pose one of the biggest threats to the global economy

After approximately 20 months of trade tensions between the US and China, US President Donald Trump has consented to a limited number of agreements between the superpowers

Trade conflicts have eroded the global supply chain and dented growth over the past year. For the export-reliant nation of Singapore, a worsening outlook has sparked fears of a recession

China’s dominance in the surveillance market has historically been fuelled by domestic demand. In recent years, though, the country has begun exporting its artificial-intelligence-powered camera technology, raising concerns over the state of democracy in recipient nations

South Korea has spent billions trying to increase its fertility rate, currently the lowest in the world. With no sign of improvement in sight, the government is trying a different approach

With India’s economic growth at a six-year low, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has made the surprise decision to cut corporate tax to 22 percent, down from 30 percent

The election victory of business-friendly conservative Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been well received by the markets, but the country still has a long way to go before it can close its investment gap and break free of its financial straitjacket

A political U-turn from French President Macron — apparently at the heart of the collapsed merger between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Groupe Renault in early June — has added to the maelstrom of confusion for European mergers and acquisitions (M&A) practitioners 

As a macroeconomic indicator, GDP fails to capture much of the value created in the modern world. New metrics promise to track everything from happiness to natural capital

Foreign direct investment is of huge importance to global economic development, but it has declined markedly over the last 12 months as tax reforms and anti-globalist policies take a toll

The world’s most developed nations tend to favour low tariffs, while poorer countries have chosen to retain higher trade barriers

French President Emmanuel Macron will scrap several proposed tax reforms following a series of violent protests across the country

A new report by the World Trade Organisation highlights the increase in highly limiting policies over the past year