Patricia Cohen

A universal tariff has the potential to deliver a devastating jolt to world trade, economists have warned.

What across-the-board tariffs could mean for the global economy

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has floated the idea of a 10% tariff on all US imports, a plan that economists say...

Workers at a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The country, which built its success on turning farmers into textile workers, is facing challenges with automation.

Poor nations are writing a new handbook for getting rich

Economies focused on exports have lifted millions out of poverty, but epochal changes in trade, supply chains and technology are making it...