Despite the uncertainty surrounding global trade, there are some bright spots – namely, booming trade in services. And here, ironically, the United States is leading the way, running a services trade surplus with most major economies and generating millions of good jobs for American workers.
encourages the US government to acknowledge the country’s impressive success in exporting services.
Germany's prospective governing parties have now amended the country's constitutional "debt brake" in order to boost defense spending. But by limiting the amendment to military expenditure, they are squandering an opportunity to invest in the country's economic future.
warn that current plans to boost military spending will unnecessarily undercut other priorities.
Jennifer Clapp & Olivier De Schutter
urge the UN maritime regulator not to encourage the shipping industry to move from one unsustainable fuel to another.