Council on Foreign Relations

Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures

Introduction Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…

Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland and Clara Fong January 21, 2025 Renewing America

Climate Change

Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures

Introduction Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…

Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland and Clara Fong January 21, 2025 Renewing America

Health

How Tobacco Laws Could Help Close the Racial Gap on Cancer

During the 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden promised that his administration would make a “historic effort” to reduce long-running racial inequities in health. Tobacco use—the leading cause of p…

Interactive by Olivia Angelino, Thomas J. Bollyky, Elle Ruggiero and Isabella Turilli February 1, 2023 Global Health Program

Health

How Tobacco Laws Could Help Close the Racial Gap on Cancer

Interactive by Olivia Angelino, Thomas J. Bollyky, Elle Ruggiero and Isabella Turilli February 1, 2023 Global Health Program

United States

Beijing+30: The Global Status of Women

As member states convene for the 69th UN Commission on the Status of Women and commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, please join us for a dialogue on the impact of U.S. policy initiatives undertaken by the Gender Policy Council, the current global status of women and girls, and recommendations for priority actions to advance gender equality and women's leadership globally.While remarks will be on the record, the discussion portion of the meeting is not for attribution. This means that participants are free to make use of the information shared at the meeting but may not attribute any quotes or content to any speakers or participants. Use of personal recording devices and cameras is prohibited. CFR reserves the right to take or use photographs for its own use.This meeting is part of the Council on Foreign Relations Women and Foreign Policy Program Roundtable Series on Women’s Global Leadership.Please note there is no virtual component to the meeting. The audio, video, and transcript of the discussion portion of this event will be posted on the CFR website.Members may bring a guest to this event.

Event with Susana Malcorra, Rachel B. Vogelstein and Linda Robinson March 13, 2025

United States

Beijing+30: The Global Status of Women

Event with Susana Malcorra, Rachel B. Vogelstein and Linda Robinson March 13, 2025

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March 4, 2025

Trade

Trade Calendar

Trade and tariffs are a central part of President Donald Trump’s international economic policy. Stay up to date with the Council on Foreign Relation’s calendar of significant trade-related events.

Article Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

February 5, 2025

United States

What Trump’s Trade War Would Mean, in Nine Charts

President Trump’s tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico could upend U.S. trade. These nine charts show what’s at stake, what comes next, and why it matters.

Article by Shannon K. O'Neil and Julia Huesa Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

February 3, 2025

Trade

Media Briefing: Bracing for a Trade War

CFR experts provide insights and context around President Donald Trump's announced tariffs and what they mean for North American trade, U.S. alliances, and global competition.

The flags of Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

Virtual Event by Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Inu Manak, Benn Steil, Heidi Crebo-Rediker, and Michael Froman Media Briefings

March 19, 2025

Trade

We’ve Been Looking at Trade All Wrong

There was once a broad consensus in Washington that trade was a force for good—a way to connect, grow, and prosper. But today, trade has evolved into something much bigger than just the exchange of g…

Cargo ship with shipping containers traveling through open water.

Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra and Edward Alden Why It Matters

March 13, 2025

Trade

Trailer: Why Trade Matters

Why It Matters is back and this time we are dedicating an entire season to talking about trade. Alongside CFR’s leading experts, we are bringing you stories from Americans around the country and tryi…

Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra Why It Matters

February 28, 2025

RealEcon

From Trade Wars to Trade Wins: How Trump Can Redefine U.S.-China Economic Relations

The United States’ relationship with China is at a new low, but Trump has a chance to redefine bilateral relations by locking China into the U.S.-led global system

A U.S. dollar banknote featuring American founding father Benjamin Franklin and a China's yuan banknote featuring late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong are seen among U.S. and Chinese flags in this illustration picture taken May 20, 2019. Picture taken May 20, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration

Article by Zongyuan Zoe Liu RealEcon

February 21, 2025

Mexico

Mexico’s Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels

Violence continues to rage some two decades after the Mexican government launched a war against drug cartels.

A soldier stands guard as over 850 kilos of drugs are burned in Monterrey, Mexico.

Backgrounder by CFR.org Editors

March 23, 2025

China

The Evolution of Global Trade in 2024

A rebound in U.S. consumer imports fueled global trade, while Chinese import growth diverged from China's export growth. Importers imported more, exporters exported more and imbalances expanded.

Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

January 27, 2025

Economics

Global Trade Tracker

The CFR Global Trade Tracker allows you to gauge trends in international trade through time. The map below compiles trade data from 178 countries as reported to the International Monetary Fund (IM…

Tracker by Benn Steil Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

March 12, 2025

Syria

Syria’s Surge in Violence Does Not Signal a New Civil War—for Now

A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to sectarian warfare in Syria, but there is still a path for the country’s new rulers…