U.S. President Donald Trump’s unwarranted global tariff war, which began on April 2, 2025, with steep 145 percent tariffs on China, alerted economists to unforeseen global consequences. As China’s ...

The U.S. president’s mid-may trip Middle East found a region unlike the one he tamed in his first term. His encore ...

U.S. economic and trade talks have helped ease trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies. Tariffs have been ...

The deal will spell the end of WTO’s system of setting tariffs by consensus, which has been in operation since the inception of the world body in 1995. It will usher in a new era in which Washington ...

China’s new export licensing system strengthens its control over key rare earth elements, deepening supply chain risks. Although new processing facilities are emerging abroad, they won’t soon offset ...

To Donald Trump’s surprise, China showed no fear of tariffs. Instead, it launched a powerful tit-for-tat counteroffensive ...

It has been almost one month since the standoff started on April 10, 2012 between the Philippines and China at the waters around at Huangyan Island (Scarborough Shoal). This standoff raises a new ...

The first round of the Trump tariffs, which still mimicked traditional trade wars, involved mainly Canada, Mexico and China.

With U.S. encouragement, Northeast Asia has seen unprecedented cooperation between Japan and South Korea in recent years. But ...

Following months of political turmoil, South Korea's upcoming presidential election could lead to a shift in the country's ...

Amid the rise of unilateralism and bullying by the United States, the forum’s international role in fighting protectionism ...