The bank’s economists had predicted tariffs could cause inflation and slow economic growth.

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It would be an "extraordinary" escalation for the European Union to target US tech companies in retaliation for US President Donald Trump's blanket tariffs on European goods, the Tánaiste has said.

Alan Beattie talks to Doug Irwin, economics professor at Dartmouth College and the author of several books on trade

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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) announced Philip A. Luck has been named Scholl Chair in International Business and Director of the CSIS Economics Program.

Larger companies have adapted to red tape at the border, according to London School of Economics research

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Dani Rodrik argues that import duties are neither an all-purpose tool, as Donald Trump believes, nor a purposeless one.

China’s decision this week to let its currency weaken against the dollar past a level it had defended for weeks highlights the potential for 2025 to see major tensions over exchange-rate policy.

The theory seemed sound: Stabilize financial markets, support the poor and promote a more secure, integrated world. But blue-collar workers were left behind.

The growth of the working-age population born in the U.S. has slowed dramatically — particularly among less-educated workers. Has immigration filled the gap?

He's a great economist, but he also changed how we talk about the subject.

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