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China is smarter about subsidies than everybody else

Beijing is stealing a march on its competitors by targeting strategic sectors

31.07.2026 30

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The pathway to prosperity is getting harder for developing countries

The rules-based global market in which rich nations tolerate trade surpluses does not exist any more

29.07.2026 10

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A new economic order will be built piece by ad hoc piece

Traditional trade deals will not address geopolitical concerns

15.07.2026 40

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America’s allies look to declare independence from the US

Traditional partners are rethinking their economic ties

22.06.2026 50

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Global imbalances need not lead to trade wars

The world’s benign arithmetic will turn malign if countries do not adjust

15.06.2026 10

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Don’t exclude Yemen from the Gulf’s new economic map

It may be unstable, but the country is central to the region’s future — and leaving it out will spark more violence

10.06.2026 40

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The FT View. Bypassing the Strait of Hormuz

Investing in alternatives to this and other maritime chokepoints is costly but necessary

05.05.2026 30

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Does trade cause peace? Ask an economist

Researchers have been trawling history to measure the pacifying effects of moving goods around

30.04.2026 30

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Europe’s resistance to Chinese investment has stalled

The European Commission’s repeated attempts to run a coherent green industrial strategy are showing few results

23.04.2026 40

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The secret diary of a middle power

So much economic conflict, so many feelings

23.04.2026 30

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The Big Read. China shock 2.0: the flood of high-tech goods that will change the world

Impelled by furious competition, hefty subsidies and sheer scale, the country’s companies are cutting a swath through the world’s most advanced...

14.04.2026 40

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The case for trade, remade

There are good reasons to believe it is likely to follow the rewiring of global finance earlier this century

09.04.2026 30

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The future of global trade won’t depend on the Strait of Hormuz

A new infrastructure is being built rapidly to avoid the strategic chokepoint and ensure global energy and food security

07.04.2026 30

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The global economy turns out to be more resilient than we had feared

Trump’s tariffs have not led to the kind of retaliatory action many expected

01.04.2026 30

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The FT View. The missing middle in the defence of global trade

Talk of replacing the US as anchor of the multilateral system has come to little

30.03.2026 30

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The dynamic globalisation machine will overcome the Iran shock

Short-term crisis management in shipping should not be mistaken for fatal weakness in trade

19.03.2026 30

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Iran attacks show the perils of following America’s economic lead

A growth plan of renewable energy and diversified trade is far better than guzzling fossil fuels and aligning with the US

05.03.2026 30

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