The Global Outlook, Trade Conflicts and Africa
After a long spell of slow growth in the wake of the global financial crisis, the global economy was gaining speed over 2016-2018, but this recovery is now in some danger. […]
Africa
The escalating China-US trade dispute: economic and geopolitical implications for Sub-Saharan Africa
The trade tensions between the United States and China will cause only minor immediate damage to their giant economies. However, tariffs have important and diverse effects on individual sectors and cause heightened uncertainty. […]
World Policy Conference TV— Workshop 3
The potential of trade agreements within Africa. […]
Can Africa learn from Morocco?
Africa has an enormous infrastructure gap that impedes its development. The Compact with Africa (CwA) is an international policy initiative sponsored under the German presidency of the G-20 in 2017 designed to bridge that gap […]
Will the African Free Trade Agreement Succeed?
The recently signed African Continental Free Trade Agreement represents a countercurrent to protectionist tendencies across the Atlantic and the Pacific […]
WPC 2017—Plenary Session 6: The World Economy
The WPC continuously aims to contribute, both in terms of principles and methods, to a useful and therefore constructive reflection on a more pragmatic and flexible global governance. […]