Trade policy
Gender justice advocates have been waiting for far too long for trade justice. Women’s rights organizations have been pointing this out for at least two decades, during a wave of…
Gender justice advocates have been waiting for far too long for trade justice. Women’s rights organizations have been pointing this out for at least two decades, during a wave of…
The first four months of 2017-18 have witnessed a further deterioration in the balance of payments position. The trade deficit has risen by 41 percent to $ 9.7 billion. Exports…
The news is that the Engineer wants a revamped Strategic Trade Policy Framework by year-end. The view is it will be more of the same: tall on promise couched in…
Tension between sticky job markets and rising prices could pose a growing problem for U.S. Federal Reserve officials who have staked an aggressive monetary policy on the belief they can…
Longstanding warnings from economists of global spillover from the US-China trade war appear to be materialising, with a trio of central banks springing surprise rate cuts on Wednesday and bond…
US President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs as a blunt weapon to extract concessions on everything from commerce to immigration and drug trafficking could redraw global trading norms, analysts say.…
In March, the government and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are due to hold first review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme, which was negotiated in September 2024. There are…
US President Donald Trump has formally agreed to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico and 10 percent additional tariff on China. Import prices will rise as a result of…
The slew of political and economic measures announced by the Trump Administration has created an impression that the world is returning to an era of an insane protectionism and intense…
Pakistan needs to recraft a regional policy rooted in strategic realities at the regional and global levels and is cognisant of its short- and long-term political, security, economic and cultural…