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May 30, 2024

RealEcon
Why Progressives Should Embrace Trade and Globalization

Progressive values shaped the postwar international economic system that has procured the benefits of globalization and trade. Will U.S. policymakers remember?

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaks with Cordell Hull after Hull's return from the London Economic Conference.

December 12, 2024

China Strategy Initiative
No Limits? The China-Russia Relationship and U.S. Foreign Policy

China and Russia’s quasi-alliance endangers U.S. national interests. Its management will prove a generational task for American policymakers—but there are grounds for optimism, argue CFR Senior Fello…

December 17, 2024

China
China’s Stunning 2024 Export Growth

Chinese exports are growing much faster in volume than in dollar terms. Europe is losing out.

China’s Stunning 2024 Export Growth

November 8, 2023

Trade
Unpacking the IPEF: Biden’s Indo-Pacific Trade Play

One year after the Joe Biden administration unveiled its Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, the agreement still doesn’t look like a traditional trade deal and could end up falling short of its ambition…

Containers are loaded at the Port of Singapore, the second largest port in the world.

April 15, 2024

RealEcon
Weighing the Pros and Cons of Global Trade Leadership

Under Biden and Trump, the U.S. has broken from its long-standing free trade policy. CFR trade experts assess whether the rules-based trading system is worth saving.

A logo is seen at the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters before a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, October 5, 2022.

December 2, 2024

Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Survives Among the Big Powers

Kazakhstan has skillfully balanced the competing influences of Russia and China by diversifying trade partnerships, fostering economic growth, and leveraging its strategic location to safeguard its s…

Two leaders are seen standing and shaking hands in front of a backdrop of Kazakh and Chinese flags. One is holding a red folder with a national emblem, and the other is holding a blue folder with a flag insignia. They are positioned behind an ornate table in a formal setting, symbolizing a diplomatic agreement.

February 27, 2024

Mexico
Mexico’s Electoral Campaigns Kick Off Plus Latin America’s Resilient Democracies

Mexico’s electoral campaigns officially begin with AMLO’s legacy at play plus Latin America’s democracies are challenged but resilient.

Photo of Presidential Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum

December 20, 2024

United States
Transition 2025: Another Government Shutdown Looms

Each Friday, I examine what is happening with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition to the White House. This week: Donald Trump helped scuttle a deal to keep the U.S. government open but exposed …

32nd Day of 2019 Government Shutdown

November 15, 2024

G20 (Group of Twenty)
What Does the G20 Do?

The Group of Twenty, an informal gathering of many of the world’s largest economies, is the premier global forum for discussing economic issues. It is facing continued divisions over trade, climate c…

World leaders sit around a circular table at the G20 summit in New Delhi, India.