This report by Todd Tucker and Oskar Dye-Furstenberg examines US manufacturing’s evolving role, highlighting its continued importance for innovation, productivity, and exports despite a declining…

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China essentially stopped buying US exports in April 2025. President Donald Trump had started his second term by launching a new trade war that he headlined with steep new tariffs on China. When China...

What the U.S. secretary of state laid bare about the Trump worldview.

Trading house to diversify medium to heavy rare earths supply chains away from China

A new book tells the story of the island-nation’s transformation into a central hub for technological development and manufacturing.

Faced with an aggressive United States, Europe has more leverage than it realises. Across trade, technology, infrastructure, finance and people-to-people relati

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AI could be unpredictable. Our labor market response to it shouldn't be.

Fahmi says it was mentioned at cabinet meeting but there are no details yet.

Dani Rodrik explains what governments should be doing to address the risks to national security, innovation, and jobs.

James Bowes analyses the fall in net migration to the UK as a result of government policies and explores some of the political and economic consequences.

Many foreign workers that are needed to deliver the British government's net zero mission will not meet its higher salary and skills thresholds for visas.

President Donald Trump’s cascade of new tariffs, including the “Liberation Day” tariffs of last April, were aimed at reducing imports, and these steps were accompanied by other policies designed to sp...

Beijing’s GDP figures have drawn scrutiny for years but the questions have become more acute

ASEAN countries have made wise strategic choices that helped build political goodwill in Washington, says political analyst Hasan Jafri.

China tightened its rare earth export controls on Thursday, saying it planned to limit exports to overseas defence firms and semiconductor users and adding five rare earth elements to its list.

Military leaders’ quiet professionalism offers hope amid a maelstrom.

The government acknowledged public “noises” around rising costs of living in deciding to allow all Malaysians to continue enjoying subsidised RON95 petrol, said Second Finance Minister Amir Hamzah Azizan.

I never thought I’d see fear spread so far and fast. Next year’s midterm elections are now crucial for the Democratic party—and for democrats everywhere…

The US president is throwing the EU lots of economic curveballs. Brussels should not be distracted by these; instead, it should double down on adopting measures that will benefit the bloc long after…

The bulk of UK jobs are in the everyday economy, not internationally competitive clusters

Trump has pushed out career experts and aides who challenged him.

Minister says he has no concrete plans and will focus on his responsibilities.

Plunging FDIs expose weak explanations behind approval figures.

His military-education reforms seem designed to ensure fighting men can’t think and thinking men can’t fight.

New trade uncertainty threatens stock market rallies in regional manufacturing hubs

Growing energy demands and pressure to address climate change concerns have brought nuclear power back to the national agenda, after years on the sidelines.

Southeast Asian countries have little choice but to continue engaging US officials now, but the US risks driving them into the arms of others in the long run, says Kevin Chen from the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies.