Economics

Officially, Japan has “national security” concerns about technology exports to South Korea. Unofficially, World War II still casts an ugly shadow.

Germans welcomed an unprecedented number of Middle Easterners into their country—but not always into their workplaces.

After months of rumors, the finance minister bitterly parts ways with the leftist president.

Kushner’s plan aims to divide Palestinians from their leaders but fails to recognize that the people already resent their corrupt leadership—while failing to place any similar pressure on an Israeli prime minister under indictment.

As large colonial-era tea plantations crumble, family-owned plots are trying to take their place and save the industry.

China and the United States signal another truce in the trade war, but existing tariffs--and seemingly irreconcilable demands--still remain.

A recent article warned that the country faced imminent economic collapse. A careful reading of the economic data shows that reforms have placed it on a path to growth.

Trump’s hostile behavior is reinvigorating efforts to turn the euro into an alternative to the world’s dominant currency. If only the Europeans could find some way to do it.

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sold his country as an investment destination with the IMF’s help—but the living standards of ordinary Egyptians are plummeting as elites line their pockets.

The end result could be a recession and a closer relationship between China and Mexico.

Plus: Trump slaps tariffs on Mexico and weighs in on British politics, and the other stories we're following today.

The University of Chicago trade expert Robert Gulotty says the global trading system will likely survive, though it has never before had to fend off the country that built it.

But Modi’s new power might just make critical reforms possible.

Plus: Macron and Merkel remain divided over EU leadership, and the other stories we're following today.

Plus: A ruling on same-sex relations in Kenya, May's departure date, and the other stories we're following today.

Some financial analysts warned that if trade talks between the countries collapse—and tariffs remain high—the global economy could move toward recession.

There aren’t enough jobs to go around, but as the ongoing election has made clear, neither party is ready to tackle the problem.

Economist Patrick Chovanec says it could still work, but the president could play a much better hand by bringing in U.S. allies.

Six things to read as the company goes public.

World Bank chief economist Pinelopi Goldberg says equality can’t be an afterthought in plans for economic growth.