NEW HAVEN — Codependency never ends well in personal relationships.

NEW HAVEN — In an increasingly interconnected global economy, cross-border trade and financial-capital linkages have come to matter more than ever.

NEW HAVEN — November 2018 will mark the tenth anniversary of quantitative easing (QE), undoubtedly the boldest policy experiment in the modern history of central banking.

NEW HAVEN — With each passing day, it becomes increasingly evident that US President Donald Trump’s administration cares less about economics and more about the aggressive exercise of political power.

NEW HAVEN — The good news is that the United States and China appear to have backed away from the precipice of a trade war. While vague in detail, a May 19 agreement defuses tension and commits to further negotiation.

NEW HAVEN — On the surface, United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer appears to have made an ironclad case against China in the so-called Section 301 report issued on March 22.

NEW HAVEN — The removal from the Chinese constitution of the provision limiting presidents to two five-year terms came as a shock to many.

China’s quinquennial Communist Party congresses are that rare event where ritual and dogma combine with introspection and strategy.

US politicians invariably bemoan trade as the enemy of the middle class, the major source of pressure on jobs and wages.The current presidential campaign is no exception: Republicans and Democrats alike have taken aim at both China and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, holding them