Multilateralism has never been so important, or more under threat, says IFF co‑chairman, former chairman of the European Council and former prime minister of Belgium Herman Van Rompuy. Perceived global economic harmony has only masked economic polarisatio...
In the 21st century especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2012 Chinas economy has accelerated its integration with the rest of the world. Offshoring renminbi began with cross-border trade settlement and has e...
In October 2019, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) downgraded global growth for 2019 to 3% its slowest since the global financial crisis of 200708. The main reason given for this was rising trade barriers and increasing geopolitical tensions. The IMF estimates that USChina trade tensions will cumulatively reduce global GDP by 0.8% by the end of 2020. Growth is also weighed down by country-spec...
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which concluded in October 2019, formulated a comprehensive plan to uphold Chinas socialist system and accelerate the modernisation of the countrys governance. This...
The international political and economic landscape is undergoing complex and profound change. Increasing economic uncertainties and destabilisation go hand in hand with downward economic pressure. But, at the same time, a new round of global scientific an...
With the World Trade Organization’s rule-enforcing capabilities on ice and the US pursuing the path of unilateralism and isolationism, Ernesto Zedillo, former president of Mexico and director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalisation, asks how the...
