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Do We Need the World Economic Forum?

The Davos Summit of the World Economic Forum (WEF) draws a lot of attention every year. Started by German engineer Klaus Schwab, the WEF has the stated mission to "engage business, political, academic ...
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul spoke with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi about security, economic policy and other ...
With no single dominant power waiting to take over from the US, the impacts of the next financial crisis could have ...
Central bankers in North America’s two largest economies lowered borrowing costs this week, though yields on government debt climbed after the heads of US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada damped ...
Conversations about equality in business have focused on opportunity. But data continues to reveal how uneven the playing field is; the real issue is economic inclusion.
But Rodrik also believes there can be no return to the pre-Trump global system, which relied on one-size-fits-all trade rules enforced by transnational agencies such as the World Trade Organization.
Thank you, President Lee Jae Myung, for the opportunity to share the IMF’s latest global economic outlook with APEC leaders, whose economies together represent about 61 percent of global GDP. As Korea ...
As Air Force One took off from South Korea's Busan airport after U.S.-China talks on Thursday, Chinese leader Xi Jinping's ...
The report says that, if fully implemented, countries’ plans are predicted to result in a temperature increase of 2.3-2.5°C over the course of the next century. This is slightly lower than the ...
But beyond the Trump-Xi summit, APEC has a lot to offer to the free and liberal international trade architecture.