More people are trading goods and services instead of spending cash, and it’s growing fast. Rising prices are pushing people to barter to get what they need without extra spending. Local swaps and ...

As tariffs and trade deals make headlines, here’s a perfect puzzle: Why, as tariffs fell and supply chains expanded in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, did many economies fail to see the ...

The global trade system has remained resilient despite the U.S.' introduction of import tariffs on multiple goods from multiple countries, the WTO's chief told CNBC. Trump, the architect of U.S.

President Trump's new tariffs could further strain global trade relations, pushing businesses to operate more cautiously and hurting the U.S. economy.

The United States was once a champion of fair trade rules. Now, it has transformed into a rampaging Viking seeking extortionate tributes. This shift means America now uses its power to pressure even ...

Picture Seattle’s early 20th century waterfront, where ruthless railroad corporations jockeyed for control of trade routes between their inland tracks and the seas beyond. The bruising competition ...

The deal has the potential to shift the basis of bilateral trade between Jakarta and Washington, narrowing China’s ability to ...

For Luis Ribera, economic professor at Texas A&M University, trade in 2026 is hard to predict because it’s heavily political. He said markets don't know how to react to tariff unpredictability. “In my ...

For much of the last half-century, the study of global exchange rates has been treated as a branch of physics. In the hallowed halls of neoclassical economics, there is a belief in a “natural” state ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Supreme Court’s decision Friday to strike down the majority of tariffs imposed by President Trump could ...