Despite media reports of rising tariffs and other barriers to trade, a new report from the WTO, the UN, and the OECD concludes that protectionist policies have been declining since the end of 2009. The amount of trade affected by barriers increased only a fraction during the recent economic crisis...
BRUSSELS—Protectionism by national governments began to decline in the fourth quarter of 2009 but remains a major threat to the global economy, according to a World Trade Organization report.
The document, co-written by officials from the WTO, the...
India’s general election kicks off 7 April and by May should determine the next prime minister for the world’s largest democracy. Analysts anticipate a single-minded focus on global corporate interests and wealth creation from candidate Narendra Modi. Writing for Seminar, Siddharth Varadarajan...
Who does Narendra Modi represent and what does his rise in Indian politics signify? Given the burden he carries of the 2002 anti-Muslim massacres, it is tempting to see the Gujarat chief minister’s arrival on the national stage as a watershed moment...
This New York Times editorial argues that of all the issues separating the Old and New Worlds, a food fight just seems silly. The EU's push – through the World Trade Organization – for increased protection of geographical indicators is being opposed by the US and other countries. Feta cheese...
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“War and a collapsing economy have left some 100,000 people starving in parts of South Sudan,” reports the government, United Nations agencies and the Sudan Tribune. “An additional one million people in the war-torn nation, the United Nations agencies projected, could be on the brink of famine.” As...
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The UNHCR reports on refugees fleeing South Sudan: “The majority of the refugees are being hosted by Uganda, where a total of some 698,000 have now arrived. In less than six months, Uganda has more than tripled its population of...
The leaders of China and India, Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi, have nationalist tendencies with a pragmatic bend. Varying economic growth for the two rival nations and contrasting systems of governance – one increasingly authoritarian and the other democratic – have given China the upper hand as a...
From Doklam to Wuhan: Indian Premier Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet for informal summit at Wuhan eight months after the border standoff at Doklam in 2017
NEW DELHI: Two leaders of Asia’s largest powers – Xi Jinping and Narendra...
The US, China, EU, Russia, India, and Brazil are emerging as the key players whose relationships will define the future of global relations, according to author Dilip Hiro. While the era of unrivalled American supremacy is over, a new pattern of relations is emerging. Rather than being fixed...
Compete and cooperate : India and China's border dispute did not prevent holding a joint anti-terrorism training exercise
LONDON: While there is a broad consensus about relative decline of the United States as a superpower, political commentators...
Xenophobia thrives in South Africa as is the case with much of the world. Citizens, especially those experiencing hard times, blame less fortunate foreigners, often from neighboring states, for poverty, crowded conditions, and crime. “In 2000 a major scenario exercise: ‘Southern Africa in 2020’...
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The phenomenon of anti-Americanism is gathering steam around the world, to the point where it might be called the only current, pervasive, global ideology. Taking many forms, from radical Islamic activity to political satire, anti-Americanism is also directly linked to anti-globalization sentiment...
Most political "isms" are dead or moribund or past their prime: "totalitarianism," "communism," "socialism," "Marxism," "fascism." Humanity paid too high a price for them in the 20th century, or simply discarded...
