Award-winning historian Walter Russell Mead says, "The key political question of the twenty-first century is, 'How does the U.S.-China relationship develop?'"

A bailout of Detroit's automakers would likely bring moves against the United States in the World Trade Organization and has reignited an old debate about the viability of government-directed industrial policy.

China has grown into a trading giant, but recent concerns over the safety of Chinese food and drugs have increased worries that China's production may have outpaced the country's policing capacity.

Struggles continue for Detroit's automakers. Experts say the road to recovery requires looking overseas.

Politicians have blamed the sky-rocketing price of oil on energy speculators and proposed policies to regulate the markets. In this Washington Post op-ed, Sebastian Mallaby argues that clamping down on the market would be a repeat of Richard Nixon’s disastrous price controls in the 70’s.

Cement plants account for 5 percent of global emissions of carbon dioxide, the main cause of climate change. This article discusses how the whole industry has come under fire in the debate on global warming.

David Biello says if controlling global warming is a priority, then industries will have to become efficient energy users, which will require a transformation of their basic operations.

Congress has approved the first increase in corporate average fuel economy in thirty years, propelled by worries over rising oil prices.

Christine Lagarde discusses French economic policy and its implications.

In this policy research working paper, the World Bank aims to examine the resulting impact of climate change on hydropower projects. Three projects are considered: India, Sri Lanka, and
Vietnam.

Daimler is trying to dump Chrysler and its flagging profits, but the bigger concern for U.S. and European automakers is looming competition from Asia.

Backgrounder: Detroit’s woes coincide with a blossoming of Asian automakers.

Nobel Laureate Edmund Phelps writes in the Wall Street Journal about why Europe's economies will continue to lag behind the U.S.

Since winning reelection in December, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has moved swiftly to advance his “21st Century Socialism.” As Chavez-friendly leaders take office in Ecuador and Nicaragua, will they do the same?

Evo Morales, Bolivia's populist president, has nationalized his country's energy industry. The decision will have specific economic ramifications, and possibly broader political ones in a region that lacks a coherent identity.