Our Global Economy

The Trump administration argues NAFTA changes will create jobs. But the plan has many in the auto industry quite nervous.

En el estado mexicano Baja California Sur, la gente vivía de la pesca durante generaciones, hasta que se acabaron los peces.

Big business is good for employees and good for the environment. That’s not a marketing ploy— it’s what the data say.

Wyoming is a coal state. But it’s becoming a wind state, too.

My Red Light in Amsterdam is almost entirely run by former or current sex workers. And it's designed to ensure that those who rent rooms there aren't being trafficked or exploited. But some maintain that the work itself is inherently exploitative.

US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told reporters on a telephone briefing that a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports from the EU, Canada and Mexico would go into effect at midnight.

Venezuela has been wracked by a severe economic crisis and food shortages for several years. It's become so bad that truck drivers who deliver food fear for their lives.

Back in January, the Trump administration imposed tariffs of 30 percent on imported solar panels and modules. It was aimed at Chinese and Asian imports.

The end of Temporary Protected Status for many immigrants threatens the university’s support staff — and many of the campus’s more active union members.

The president of Mexico told people deported from the US, “You’re not alone.” But Omar Blas Olvera felt alone trying to restart his life and put his family back together in Mexico.