Globalization “isn’t the only, or even the real, story of international economics over the past four decades,” writes Shannon K. O’Neil in her latest book The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter.

The shock, and weaker American demand, would spill over to low-growth Europe and deflationary China, compounding the blow to ...

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President Xi Jinping has emphasized that China will not change its resolve to expand high-level opening-up, its determination to share development opportunities with the rest of the world, and its ...

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Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Globalization continues—the widespread predictions of its death were wildly ...

Concerns are rising among economists and investors about a potentially massive AI bubble that could impact global markets if ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Morrow: By “fragmentation,” (economists) are referring to a breakdown of the kind of ...

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While trade is no new concept, businesses can become a presence in more areas all over the globe than ever before. But how did this happen? And what business industries experience globalization? Keep ...