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Since 2023, Russia has become China’s top crude oil supplier. Photo: Reuters

What role for China in Ukraine?

China presents itself as a peacemaker, but it has benefitted strategically from the Russia's war. For the Chinese government's calculus to change, it would need to conclude that active...

Giving in to Trump’s demands by pursuing a bilateral trade agreement would be tantamount to endorsing the end of multilateralism. Photo: Bloomberg

Europe and China must unite against Trump’s trade assault

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Trump's tariff chaos could reverse 80 years of economic progress

Photo: Reuters

Trump’s smoke and mirrors

Cheaper oil and gas prices would make shale companies less profitable — and less likely to follow Donald Trump’s command to ‘drill, baby, drill’, executives warned. Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Trump’s industrial policy is more continuity than disruption

Anne-Marie Slaughter. Illustration: TBS

Middle powers and the art of the deal

During the implementation phase of the CHIPS and Science Act, the US Economic Development Administration designated 31 Tech Hubs in 32 states and Puerto Rico. Photo: Project Syndicate

How to create more good jobs

Sketch: TBS

Britain’s make-or-break election

Andrew Sheng (left), Xiao Geng (right). Sketch: TBS.

Economic development in an age of great-power competition

Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images via Project Syndicate

Crunch time for the power sector

Willem H Buiter/Economist and Ebrahim Rahbari/Economist. TBS Sketch

Why have inflation forecasts been so wrong?

To understand why attitudes about free trade changed so radically, one must follow the money.

The two faces of free trade

Critics have described US policy as naive, owing to its failure to understand the Communist Party of China’s long-term objectives. Photo: Project Syndicate

What killed US-China engagement?