INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

As a trade war looms ahead, countries neighboring China are stepping up to reshape trade dynamics.

The latest BRICS’ expansion implies a paradigm shift for the group itself and for the international system.

Portugal’s post-crisis recovery champions a reorientation towards the maritime domain, thereby well-positioning Portugal for numerous interconnections supporting trade, investment, and international partnerships.

By analyzing issues and conflict through the lens of collective guilt, remembering the impacts of globalization and interconnectivity, it is possible to identify the factors that cause or aggravate a certain situation, and therefore create comprehensive and sustainable solutions.

Boosted by innovative government programs and private-sector investments, India has the foundation in place to emerge as a major technological power in the coming decades.

The United States and China are currently headed towards ‘soft’ technological decoupling, which severely affects all actors in the global economy. In sensitive technology sectors, multinational corporations (MNCs) should expect increased foreign and domestic regulatory pressure.

Global and regional trade is based on a series of complex economic and financial relationships between countries that can offer opportunities for economic development. However, such activities depend on a delicate balance that nation-states often have trouble maintaining. This case study will look at how MERCOSUR’s future is in danger due to the economic rivalry between Argentina and Brazil. This article uses the example of MERCOSUR as it is one of the most significant attempts of regional trade and cooperation in the history of the region. When looking at the trade relationship between Brazil and Argentina mentioned in the article, similar fraught relationships that have negatively impacted cooperation agreements around the globe emerge. This piece introduces some of the complex aspects of regionalism and how often "the most powerful agents" shape the past, present, and future of cooperation relationships at the regional level.

As foreign governments consider releasing centralized digital currencies, the US dollar faces challenges to its global primacy.

The UK must move past internal concerns if it wants global leadership.

Chinese industrial practices have long historical precedents and are unlikely to change as the country seeks to move up the value chain.