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A Trump-aligned World Bank may be bad for climate action and trade, but good for Chinese ambitions

Usman W. Chohan | The Conversation | 01/30/2019

The seat of World Bank president is becoming vacant. Its president, Jim Yong Kim, will step down on January 31, three years earlier than his term formally ends. His move – described as “sudden”…

U.S. government shutdown delays ratification of new NAFTA

Janyce McGregor | CBC News | 01/30/2019

Mandatory study of deal’s economic impacts put off by 35 d...

Trade Talks With China Open in Washington, as Obstacles Abound

Alan Rappeport | The New York Times | 01/30/2019

The window for negotiations ahead of a March 2 dea...

Europe Is Set to Needle Trump With Iran Trade Promotion Plan

Nikos Chrysoloras | Bloomberg | 01/28/2019

U.K, France, Germany may register Iran business conduit Mo...

Trade Talks Spotlight Role of China’s State-Owned Firms

Bob Davis | The Wall Street Journal | 01/28/2019

When U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators start a new rou...

UK cannot simply trade on WTO terms after no-deal Brexit, say experts

Amelia Hill | The Guardian | 01/28/2019

UK may face seven-year wait for frictionless trade u...

A simple chart shows the winners and losers from Trump’s trade war with China

Will Martin | Business Insider | 01/28/2019

As the trade conflict between the ...

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