How Mining Corporations Plunder the Global South

By Nate Singham / Independent Media Institute Jun 7, 2019 The process of corporate plunder in the global mining industry is severely aggravating social and economic inequalities across the planet. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

How China’s Climate Change Woes Affect the U.S. Economy

Tim Radford / Climate News Network May 30, 2018 In this globalized world, China’s climate impact could hit the United States economy, as one country’s calamities indirectly harm other nations. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

World Trade Organization Warns That Trump Risks Trade War

JAMEY KEATEN and DAVID RISING / The Associated Press Mar 2, 2018 "The potential for escalation is real as we have seen from the initial responses," a spokesman says of the U.S. president's threat to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Will Try to Sell ‘America First’ at Economic Summit

CATHERINE LUCEY / The Associated Press Jan 25, 2018 The president arrives at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland ready to argue that his protectionist agenda can go hand-in-hand with global cooperation. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Ambiguity and Distrust Reign as the Trans-Pacific Partnership Is Published

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 5, 2015 It’s difficult to tell what the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which was put online Thursday, actually says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

An Exclusive Excerpt From ‘Trade Is War’

By Yash Tandon May 22, 2015 In his new book, subtitled "The West's War Against the World," international trade expert Yash Tandon challenges the notion that free trade helps countries develop. Instead, he finds, it often fosters poverty and violence. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )