May 15, 2025
RealEconMatthew P. Goodman, Director of the Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Director of the RealEcon Initiative at the Council on Foreign Relations, testified on May 14, 2025, before the House F…
May 14, 2025
United StatesThe World Economic Update highlights the quarter’s most important and emerging trends. Discussions cover changes in the global marketplace with special emphasis on current economic events and their i…
April 28, 2025
United StatesFormer U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer shares his firsthand perspective on the Trump administration’s bold trade agenda, reflecting on the lasting impact of these policies and what they m…
April 9, 2025
State and Local Governments (U.S.)Heidi Crebo-Rediker, senior fellow in the Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at CFR, discusses Ukraine’s mineral resources and their role in a negotiated settlement to end the war. Paige Gebhar…
December 9, 2024
United StatesIn response to new fractures and flashpoints in the global economy and heightened strategic competition, the United States and countries around the world are recalibrating their approaches to economi…
April 23, 2025
World Trade Organization (WTO)World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala discusses the future of global trade and the WTO's role in the rules-based international system. The C. Peter McColough Series …
March 25, 2025
United StatesIn April 2024, CFR launched RealEcon: Reimagining American Economic Leadership Initiative with the goal of rebuilding a durable consensus on the U.S. role in the international economy. As a first ste…
April 1, 2025
United StatesRichmond Fed President Tom Barkin discusses U.S. monetary policy and the outlook for inflation and labor markets. The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics brings the world’s foremo…
March 25, 2025
EconomicsCFR’s RealEcon team traveled across the country to ask Americans what they think of trade, aid, and other international economic policies.
March 28, 2025
SanctionsThe United States leveraged its dominance of the global financial system to deploy powerful sanctions against adversaries, but excessive use risks diminishing their strength.