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Taiwan and the US on Thursday inked the first part of a new trade pact. Negotiated under the beak of a hawkish China, the pact is hailed by involved parties as the most significant trade deal between Taipei and Washington since Taiwan joined the World Trade Organization in 2002.

A study suggests that "selectively targeting large-scale drug vendors" on the dark web can succeed where all previous enforcement efforts have failed.

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Cross-party consensus was once called Butskellism. What do we call it when even Rachel Reeves and Jeremy Hunt agree? says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

The Conversation is delighted to welcome Margaret Easterbrook to our newsroom as Business Editor. Easterbrook will lead a team that includes The Conversation’s Economics Editor Peter Martin (highly commended in the 2022 Quill Awards) and Deputy Business and Economics Editor Tim Wallace.

One-off deals won’t keep pace with the big industrial strategies of the US and EU, says Mariana Mazzucato, a professor in the economics of innovation

The National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) has joined hands with Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Economics in establishing the Knowledge Hub for Regional Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Collaboration (KRAC) for the goal of creating Thailand’s anti-corruption ecosystem by translating academic knowledge into actions and fostering networks for international cooperation.

Researchers have calculated how much cash could be injected into the Treasury if a wealth tax was applied to the richest people in the country

Emotion trumped economics in the 2023 Turkish presidential campaign, forcing the opposition to embrace nationalism ahead of Sunday’s runoff. But President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was ahead of the curve, using a mix of nationalist rhetoric, pan-Islamic heroism and historical references in a bid to enter his third decade in power.

Steel and aluminium manufacturers should brace for a new levy on their exports as a result of the European Union's (EU) introduction of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on Oct 1 this year, says the Office of Industrial Economics (OIE).

The model of economic growth that has guided national and international policies since the 1990s will not create healthy democracies