A CPTPP roundtable in London in 2020: Negotiations for the U.K.'s accession to the agreement took 21 months. (Photo courtesy of the U.K. Prime Minister's Office)
Opinion

CPTPP members now have to figure out what to do about China

Lessons from U.K. accession set ground for dealing with Beijing and Taipei

11 April 2023
The current "shadow" interest rate in the U.S. shows monetary conditions there remain mostly accommodative, with the risk of inflation intact.
Datawatch

Lower 'shadow' interest rate points to higher U.S. inflation

Lingering effects of quantitative easing offset Fed's tightening

8 April 2023
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, inspects a honor guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, in Beijing on April 6.
International relations

Macron meeting offers Xi chance to undercut U.S.-led pressure

Leaders tout economic cooperation deals and common ground on Ukraine

7 April 2023
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is questioned at a U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on March 23. 
Opinion

U.S. deserves title as master of economic coercion

Undermining of WTO and free trade show Washington's true colors

6 April 2023
China dominates the global market for rare-earth materials.
Supply Chain

China weighs export ban for rare-earth magnet tech

Beijing looks to strike back after Washington's chip restrictions

6 April 2023
TSMC founder Morris Chang, right, has publicly declared that he supports U.S. controls on exports of chip technology to China. 
Opinion

U.S. allies are on board for China chip tech controls after all

Sharing of costs has reduced corporate grumbling about lost exports

4 April 2023
U.K. Investment Minister Dominic Johnson sees the Indo-Pacific region as "an important geostrategic focus" for his country. (Photo by Shoichiro Taguchi)
Interview

CPTPP 'cornerstone' of U.K.'s Indo-Pacific strategy: minister

Dominic Johnson sees region as center of growth and innovation

4 April 2023
(From left) Former Bank of Japan Gov. Yasuo Matsushita, and former and current U.S. Federal Reserve Gov. Ben Bernanke and Jerome Powell. 
Comment

A Silicon Valley problem with similar traits to past global crises

Contagion from financial crises now spread online, risking quicker collapses

3 April 2023
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin in September: Russia surged from India's 21st largest source of imports to its fourth in April-December 2022.
Trade

Russia aims to widen trade with India as energy ties boom

Moscow to send delegation in April but geopolitics and other obstacles loom

3 April 2023
Dong-E-E-Jiao's ejiao in a drugstore in Shanghai: Donkey hides are the source of the gelatin that is the main ingredient for the traditional Chinese medicine.
Opinion

China must tame its donkey trade for Africa's sake

Smugglers hurt continent's rural poor to meet demand for traditional medicine

2 April 2023
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and U.S. President Joe Biden meet at the White House in January.
Semiconductors

U.S.-led effort to wall off semiconductor tech draws in Japan

Chipmaking tool suppliers seek clarity on new controls while China condemns move

1 April 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden drives a Cadillac electric vehicle during a visit to the 2022 Detroit Auto Show.
Automobiles

U.S. EV tax break leaves out imports in blow to Japanese, European autos

$7,500 credit limited to North American-made cars despite objections from other countries

1 April 2023
The effects of Silicon Valley Bank's collapse could ripple through the innovation economy for years.
Markets

Venture capital tries to find way in post-SVB era

Southeast Asia aspires to host the next startup financing ecosystem

31 March 2023
Britain's Port of Felixstowe, its busiest container port. The U.K. is set to join the CPTPP free trade bloc, although it already has bilateral deals with many of the members.
Trade

CPTPP trade bloc to give U.K. green light to join

Group now faces more geopolitically charged applications from China and Taiwan

30 March 2023
Turkey will hold parliamentary and presidential elections in May.
Turkey elections

Turkey elections spur renewed interest from foreign investors

Opposition parties vow no state meddling in markets, return to economic orthodoxy

29 March 2023
China's imports of semiconductor-manufacturing equipment fell for the first time in three years in 2022. (Photo by Masayuki Kozono)
Semiconductors

Chip equipment exports to China tumble as U.S. pushes decoupling

Impact could grow as Japan and Netherlands weigh their own restrictions

29 March 2023
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ruled Turkey for more than two decades and the country is now facing the deepest cost-of-living crisis under his watch.
Economy

Turkish opposition pledges to reverse Erdogan's economic policies

Next administration will have to deal with high inflation, earthquake fallout

28 March 2023
A car is filled with diesel fuel at a Shell petrol station in Berlin, Germany. Diesel accounts for half of the demand for refined petroleum products in the European Union.
Commodities

European diesel futures down 55% as Asian imports ease supply pinch

Concerns rise that Russian oil may be refined in Asia and exported to EU

28 March 2023
China did not agree to adhere to the same principles and rules in joining the WTO.
Opinion

An anti-coercion coalition can check China's economic weaponization

Unified collective action would help block intimidation efforts

27 March 2023
India and the U.K. have so far closed talks on 13 of 26 policy areas in their negotiations for a free trade deal.
Trade

India-U.K. trade talks home in on digital trade, investor protection

Pressure mounts for agreement to come soon as elections loom in both countries

22 March 2023
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a signing ceremony at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow. 
International relations

Xi, Putin signal unity against U.S. in joint statement

China urges peace talks in Ukraine, Moscow backs Beijing on Taiwan

22 March 2023
Swiss authorities orchestrated the historic weekend deal to merge Credit Suisse with UBS.
Finance

AT1 bonds and Credit Suisse: 4 things to know

$17bn write-off comes under scrutiny as part of UBS deal

21 March 2023
The Federal Reserve building in Washington.
Economy

Fed, BOJ and other central banks set joint liquidity operation

Move with Canada, Europe involves U.S. dollar swap line arrangements

20 March 2023
Silicon Valley Bank was shuttered by U.S. regulators on March 10. 
Economy

U.S. bank turmoil reflects blatant failure by the Fed, expert says

Nicolas Veron says move to secure all deposits raises risk of future instability

20 March 2023
The European Union is aiming to reduce its dependence on imports of critical raw materials from countries such as China. (Source photos by AP and Reuters) 
Trade

EU seeks to diversify critical raw material supply away from China

Concerns grow over dependence on imports during pandemic, Ukraine war

17 March 2023