Trade

Her Work Isn’t Done

This week the world is celebrating Aung San Suu Kyi’s achievements as a pro-democracy activist. Now the question is: Can she finish the job?

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JUNE 20, 2012

Asia's Next Tiger

President Aquino's anti-corruption program is just what the Philippines economy needs.

BY GREG RUSHFORD | JUNE 19, 2012

Africa Takes Off

Sub-Saharan Africa is starting to shed its reputation as an economic laggard. The West should pay attention.

BY G. PASCAL ZACHARY | JUNE 11, 2012

Two Worlds, One Climate

Forget Kyoto. There’s a much better way to persuade the developing world to fight climate change.

BY PETER PASSELL | MAY 23, 2012

In the Crosshairs

Why controlling the international arms trade can help to build stable societies.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 22, 2012

Down, but Not Out

Just because Brazil’s growth rates are slowing, doesn’t mean the doomsayers are right.

BY ALBERT FISHLOW | MAY 18, 2012

Getting Ready for Life after Castro

Managing the transition to a democratic Cuba: A user’s guide.

BY JAIME SUCHLICKI | MAY 11, 2012

Dirty Laundry

If the West really wants to prevent developing countries from laundering money, it can start by cleaning up its own act.

BY PETER REUTER | APRIL 19, 2012

The Narco State

There's good news on the drug war: The world knows how to end it -- so why can't the United States figure it out?

BY CHARLES KENNY | APRIL 16, 2012

Trustbusters

Why the Obama Administration is targeting Malaysia and Vietnam in the trans-Pacific trade talks.

BY GREG RUSHFORD | APRIL 13, 2012

Carnaval Is Over

The end of the Brazilian miracle.

BY BILL HINCHBERGER | APRIL 7, 2012

Embarrassment of Riches

Natural resources would seem to promise easy money. Welcome to the dark side.

BY PETER PASSELL | FEBRUARY 9, 2012

In Praise of Brain Drain

Want to help the developing world? Hire away its best minds.

BY ROBERT GUEST | DECEMBER 29, 2011

Europe's Coming Trade War with China

Today, the talk in Brussels is all about Beijing's price for helping bail out the eurozone. But the real danger is a looming protectionist backlash.

BY JONATHAN HOLSLAG | NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Deal Breaker

How badly did Europe just bungle its best shot yet at avoiding economic catastrophe?

BY MOHAMED EL-ERIAN | NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Welcome to Bazaaristan

Photos from the $10 trillion shadow economy.

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Strange Trade

Recent research reveals the surprising unintended consequences of free trade

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 2011

Follow the Money

A simple reform created for stopping terrorist financiers could dramatically strengthen international sanctions, and cut off the flow of funds to some of the world’s worst regimes.

BY STUART LEVEY, CHRISTY CLARK | OCTOBER 3, 2011

Doha Is Dead

But do we really need multilateral institutions anymore to kick-start international trade?

BY LAWRENCE HERMAN, GARY CLYDE HUFBAUER | SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

This Fight Ain't Over

Think the debt ceiling gridlock was ugly? Congress is just getting warmed up. Here are eight more foreign-policy battles right around the corner.

BY JOSH ROGIN | AUGUST 4, 2011

Knesset of Fools

A harsh new anti-boycott bill will help achieve the exact opposite of what its advocates intended: the delegitimization of the Jewish state.

BY HUSSEIN IBISH | JULY 12, 2011

Poor Little Rich Country

How do you categorize India, a nation that is at once fantastically wealthy and desperately poor?

BY PATRICK FRENCH | JUNE 24, 2011

Doha or Bust

The world's developing economies need to find a way to finish the Doha round -- but maybe not for the reasons you think.

BY HOMI KHARAS | JUNE 2, 2011

Inpatients Abroad

How do you solve America's health-care woes? Outsource them.

BY CHARLES KENNY | MAY 30, 2011

The Rise of the Red Market

How the best intentions of the medical community accidentally created an international organ-trafficking underground.

BY SCOTT CARNEY | MAY 30, 2011

China's Port in Pakistan?

China's dream of Indian Ocean ports -- the so-called string of pearls -- is heightening geopolitical tensions in a rough neighborhood.

BY ROBERT D. KAPLAN | MAY 27, 2011

Interview: Ronald Kirk

FP speaks with the Obama administration's trade representative about this year's big three trade deals, their prospects on Capitol Hill – and why even Democrats should get in on the act.

INTERVIEW BY SUSAN GLASSER | APRIL 27, 2011

A Market for Good

Why American workers need the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement.

BY MAX BAUCUS | APRIL 22, 2011

The Future of Trade

The Deep Dive briefing on the World Trade Organization and why it matters.

BY JOSHUA MELTZER | APRIL 18, 2011

All Talks, No Action

Forget about the stalled Doha round negotiations -- developing countries can do plenty to fix their trade restrictions without the World Trade Organization's help.

BY CHARLES KENNY | APRIL 18, 2011