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

An imminent deadline is putting new pressure on U.S. trade talks. Bipartisan cooperation could help President Bush’s chances of passing deals in South Korea and Latin America.

An urgent push to produce a global trade deal casts light on broader questions about the future of the World Trade Organization.

Negotiations in the Doha trade round have been revived, but the core disagreements on agriculture that stalled the talks last summer persist.

Skyrocketing corn prices have implications for the 2007 Farm Bill, U.S. energy policy, trade, and Mexican tortillas.

Congress has stepped up pressure to address a growing Sino-U.S. trade deficit, but a delegation of U.S. cabinet members did not gain major trade concessions while in Beijing.

More than forty African heads of state are in Beijing for a summit to expand China-Africa cooperation. The summit occurs amid growing concern about the consequences of China’s “strictly business” approach to Africa.

A Democratic Congress may decide not to renew President Bush’s fast track authority, which could dampen global free trade efforts and lead to greater U.S. protectionism.

Zambia’s elections have sparked a heated debate over the presence of Chinese-owned businesses in the country. Incumbent Levy Mwanawasa wins reelection, but opposition protests continue amid Michael Sata's demand for a recount.

With time running out, top officials are trying to revive the struggling Doha trade round, once touted as salvation for impoverished nations. But some experts say the attention of big powers, reflecting a growing mood of protectionism, has already shifted to smaller bilateral trade deals.

President Bush's agenda in Vienna includes Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and trade. But in a lingering sign of trouble in the decades-old partnership, European leaders, pushed by their electorates, say they'll bring up Guantanamo, Haditha, and U.S. renditions of terrorist suspects too.

A U.S.-EU summit stresses joint resolve in confronting potential nuclear proliferation by Iran and North Korea, but also evinces continued disagreements over trade and America's conduct in the "war on terror."

With a chill setting in on the Geneva-based world trade talks, the Bush administration has shifted into high gear on negotiating smaller free trade agreements. But there are mixed views on how much the new deals matter and what they are doing to the global trading system.

Global trade negotiators have reached an impasse on efforts to reduce barriers on farm goods. Without a deal soon, experts fear it may be too late to rescue the "Doha Development Round," posing risks to the credibility of the World Trade Organization.

Chinese President Hu Jintao tries to focus his visit to the United States on trade and assuage U.S. concerns about China's growing economic power.

Edward Alden argues that, though more by accident than design, the Obama administration is now in the position to successfully conclude the most ambitious series of trade deals since the early 1990s.

Edward Alden discusses the mixed views of U.S. voters on trade and the damaging effect criticism of Chinese trade practices on the campaign trail has on U.S. attempts to court Chinese investment.

Michael A. Levi argues that the likely benefits of allowing U.S. natural gas exports outweigh the costs of explicitly constraining them, provided that appropriate environmental protections are in place.

Nicholas Consonery, Evan A. Feigenbaum, Damien Ma, Michael Meidan, and Henry Hoyle argue that China's capital-intensive, export-oriented growth model is delivering diminishing returns and threatens to become a major political vulnerability for the government, and China's leaders must overcome political restraints to implement a comprehensive and ambitious rebalancing agenda.

Yanzhong Huang says countries need to work together to deal with food safety challenges in the era of globalization.