Listen to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discuss U.S.-Latin American relations, with specific regard to recent trade agreements with Peru, Colombia, and Panama.

Watch Peter Mandelson, commissioner for external trade of the European Union, discuss the merits of economic openness and the importance of making progress on the Doha Round of world trade talks.

Peter Mandelson, European commissioner for trade, discusses his views on the global economy and international trade, reflecting on current financial turbulence.

Governments employ new high-tech methods to catch those employed by the multibillion dollar business of illegally trading in endangered animals, but the market for exotic beasts persists.

A summit of like-minded North American leaders in Quebec addressed trade, immigration, and security issues.

Senator John Edwards' August 6, 2007 remarks on trade policy.

When the WTO talks among the G-4—the United States, the European Union, India and Brazil—collapsed last month, US Trade Representative Susan Schwab squarely laid the blame on India as the villain of the piece. Jagdish Bhagwati argues that US and EU agricultural subsidies are the real culprits.

Oft overlooked beside Chinese mega-investments in Africa, India too is pouring money into the continent. The relationship holds economic and political ramifications.

Stephen Sestanovich, CFR’s top Russia expert, says the informal summit at Kennebunkport, Maine, restored nuclear issues as “the core of the relationship.”

The looming expiration of U.S. fast-track trade promotion authority could trip up momentum toward trade liberalization, but experts say it won’t necessarily be a step backwards.

A flexible labor market and an open economy are crucial to economic competitiveness, but can sometimes cause prime-aged and older workers to suffer large, long-term income losses. This report explains why existing government programs, which emphasize retraining and insurance for short-term job loss, don't assuage workers' fears about globalization. It also proposes a shift of resources from existing programs to wage insurance.

A series of issues, including the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip, has drawn attention once more to Iran’s partnership with Syria and what it portends for the Middle East.

A landmark natural gas deal between Libya and BP signals a shift toward greater economic openness in the once-marginalized North African state.

Bruce Stokes, international economics correspondent for the National Journal, and Edward Alden, the Council's Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow, discuss changes in trade policy in a globalizing economy and the reaction among the U.S. public.

Listen to Bruce Stokes, international economics correspondent for the National Journal, and Edward Alden, the Council's Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow, discuss changes in trade policy in a globalizing economy and the reaction among the U.S. public.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Carlos Gutierrez, addresses members of the Council about the promise of Latin America.

Daniel T. Griswold of the Cato Institute and Bob Young of the American Farm Bureau debate whether American farm subsidies should be maintained.