Trade can advance or threaten workers’ rights. Look beyond wages to report on environmental issues, education for workers’ children and more.

Reporters encountering trauma need to exercise boundaries, says a mental health expert with Dart Centre Asia Pacific.

Journalists observed V-Plus Agritech's combination of aquaponics and IoT that's aimed at spreading sustainable, resilient vertical farms.

What should a reporter do when no one will agree to be interviewed? Matthew Campbell of Bloomberg Business Week and Zat Astha of Rice Media share their strategies.

The business of carbon reduction requires savvy coverage of “good” versus “junk" carbon credits. And “green” projects can harm biodiversity.

Digital economy agreements have been happening for more than two decades, yet there’s still no single accepted definition of "digital trade."

Many companies are considering shifting some supply chains to Southeast Asia as a hedge against disruption. But will they do it?

Most working journalists grew up in a historically anomalous period. Prepare to cover the new normal, advises Amb. Bilahari Kausikan.

Economists tell journalists how COVID and a trade war have hammered both the U.S. and Chinese economies. Can China still overtake the U.S.? And how bad was America's "China Shock," really?

The international economy beat is now about covering the breakup of the global world order. How did we get here and what’s next?

An Asian trade expert decodes the alphabet soup of trade deals and frameworks.

For the past 30 years, the answer to "what's your growth strategy?" has been one word: China. Now, all of that is changing, says Alex Capri, a research fellow with the Hinrich Foundation.

The WTO compromise on a Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver has not settled the debate.

After the Ukraine invasion, the U.S. Treasury is asking banks to look harder for sanctioned Russian assets — and offering a $5 million reward.

Some nations—including Germany and China-- tried to separate their foreign policies from their trading ties. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has ended that. Beyond finding oligarchs’ yachts, how to think about coverage now.

An economist and two journalists explain how to find the human stories, where to find good data and how to understand changing demand. Also, what happens if Russia invades Ukraine?

The European Commission is working to implement climate measures to prevent carbon leakage. Here’s how to cover it and what to expect in negotiations.

China’s “No. 1 Policy Document” outlines a plan to counter food shortages in 2025. With one in six people in the world dependent on international trade for food, will massive Chinese food purchases cause higher food prices around the world?

Journalists should cover the scramble to re-shore and improve advanced chip manufacturing as if it were a “third moonshot.”

Washington steps up investigations against China for espionage, meddling, hacking and stealing vital U.S. technology, China has set out to enact reforms of its intellectual property system.

MIT and the U.S. Federal Reserve Board are expected to announce more details about a digital dollar this fall. Digital currencies may be faster, cheaper and safer. But a digital dollar will also need to protect privacy.

Free global trade requires trust in the products that are traded. U.S. Customs and Border Protection polices $4 trillion in goods each year. It’s turning to data, technology and a predictive risk model to boost enforcement.

China’s DJI is a leader in making drones used by governments, companies and hobbyists. But the Trump administration added DJI to a list of sanctioned Chinese companies. Is this the start of “drone nationalism”?

COVID showed that no country can go it alone in battling a pandemic. Experts say supply chains are bouncing back, but “medical nationalism” is still in play. Would “trusted supply chains” help ensure heath security?

After Donald Trump undid much of the Obama-Biden administration’s trade policy, the Biden-Harris administration has to determine how quickly to snap back. Will the U.S. aim for more cooperative and collective action?

After four years of retrenchment from free-trade principles, the Biden administration wants to open markets while supporting workers. Experts discuss the implications for taxes, trade agreements, subsidies, competitiveness and jobs.

Six trade stories journalists should watch as control shifts from Trump to Biden, and how to cover them. Also, why Xi Jinping won’t want to be the Chinese leader who “lost America.”

Working class incomes have stagnated around the world as elites' wealth has increased. The winner of the U.S.-China trade war has been Wall Street. Two experts brief journalists on the connection between domestic inequality and trade conflicts.

Cybertheft. Data espionage. Blackmail. Propaganda. Digital Authoritarianism. How can journalists report critically on risk vs. hype?

New polling shows that when people understand the WTO’s role, they are more likely to support it. But many others are unsure or ambivalent about what it actually does – making its future uncertain.

Experts counsel de-escalation as the trade war morphs into a broader conflict over technology, espionage, human rights and which country will be No. 1.

Rare earth metals, vitamins and other inputs power the modern economy, but the U.S. – and other nations – have outsourced their production to China. What could possibly go wrong?

Both countries have “weaponized” protectionism. The losers are U.S. manufacturers and consumers in both countries.

Today’s struggle is over semiconductors, but tensions over trade, security, and supply chains will likely soon affect other tech sectors.

Shortages of medical masks confound consumers and leaders. U.S. dependence on China for pharmaceuticals could prove more worrisome.

Meat shortages and increases in US food prices point to a need for more international trade — not restrictions, experts say.

Consumer and manufacturing capacity grinds to a halt in the face of coronavirus. Two experts discuss how it will impact trade and other business activity.

The Trump administration has aggressively filed complaints to stop – or slap tariffs on – imported products. Experts describe how the process in Washington and Geneva works – and doesn’t.

In the U.S.- China trade dispute, words matter – and journalists are caught in the crossfire. Three reporters offer analysis and their insights on how to cover this fast-changing beat.

Merle Hinrich created a multinational company whose growth tracked the arc of modern global trade.