The European Union and China have reached an understanding intended to reduce Chinese hybrid vehicle exports to Europe, offering a temporary route away from escalating trade tensions. The October 2026 arrangement also addresses European access to the Chinese market and… Read More ›
The decline of China’s state-backed logistics data platform LOGINK illustrates why control over digital infrastructure does not automatically translate into lasting geopolitical influence. Once viewed by American officials as a potential strategic instrument capable of revealing movements across international shipping… Read More ›
The latest Group of 20 trade discussions demonstrate how difficult it has become for the world’s largest economies to agree on common rules when national industrial strategies are increasingly competing with the principles of open trade. Trade ministers reached agreement… Read More ›
Developing countries are confronting a combination of energy costs, higher borrowing expenses, climate pressures and existing fiscal weaknesses that is narrowing their ability to respond to new crises. The concern is not simply that individual countries are experiencing separate economic… Read More ›
The completion of the United States military withdrawal from Iraq is changing the balance of power inside a country where Washington and Tehran have spent years competing for influence. The final American forces are leaving after more than two decades… Read More ›
China’s manufacturing sector returned to expansion in September after two consecutive months of contraction, but the improvement says more about the changing composition of industrial demand than about a broad-based recovery across the economy. The official manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index… Read More ›
Government bond markets are undergoing a significant repricing as investors confront the possibility that interest rates may remain higher for longer than previously expected. Rising energy prices are feeding inflation concerns while strong investment in artificial intelligence is supporting economic… Read More ›
The European Central Bank’s concern about diesel prices reflects a broader problem with energy shocks: fuel inflation can spread through an economy much faster than policymakers can respond to it. ECB Vice-President Boris Vujcic has warned that oil prices have… Read More ›
Europe’s latest energy warning reflects a shift in the nature of the continent’s energy problem. The European Union is not currently describing an immediate physical shortage of gas and electricity, but it is facing a combination of high prices, disrupted… Read More ›
Iran has put a precise seven-day timetable at the heart of its latest diplomatic proposal to the United States, offering to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart comprehensive nuclear negotiations if Washington accepts its conditions. The importance of the… Read More ›
