In 2026, even though the U.S. had 50 member-states and the E.U. had only 27 states, both unions were large enough to constitute what in hist...

Early in 2026, “(a)fter months of intense negotiations,” the E.U. concluded “a free-trade deal with India,” which, if ratified by the E.U.’s...

Trade and war have historically been related, as, for example, money from recurring surplus balances of trade—an alternative to debt—has fac...

To go to much effort to construct an economy on the scale of an empire only to refer instead to the economies within such a union, whether t...

With all the economic and political turmoil from the anticipated American tariffs, it may be tempting, especially for financially-oriented C...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) announced at its meeting in November 2012 that it would host negotiations among its me...

Meeting with American corporate CEOs at the White House on the first “working day” of his presidency, Donald Trump warned, “A company that ...

The impact on business of political uncertainty in countries that are seized by revolution can be substantial—so much so in fact that CE...

The tension between the free-market philosophy and mercantilism (e.g., an industrial policy) has been longstanding. I contend that the phi...