Compare barter and currency systems. Discover why currency dominates modern trade and explore the evolution of digital currencies impacting economies.

Former US trade representative Robert Lighthizer explains why something needs to change in U.S. trade policy, during an interview with Tucker Carlson: TUCKER CARLSON: My one frustration I believe in ...

President Trump has proposed a monumental change in the system which we use to trade with other countries. This is a very large and complex issue and deserves an historical context to lay the ...

The global free-trade system was dealt a major blow this month, when U.S. President Trump announced – and then mostly suspended – unprecedented and sweeping reciprocal tariff measures affecting 180 ...

Professor, and Executive Director: Institute for International Trade, and Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Trade and Environment, University of Adelaide The global trading system that promoted ...

This article originally appeared in the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs’ CIDOB International Yearbook 2026 and was translated to Spanish and Catalan. It is reprinted with permission. Just ...