Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Professor of Economics at Brown University and Director of the Global Linkages Lab, is a former senior policy adviser at the International Monetary Fund and former lead economist for the Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank.
It was only a few months ago that investors were preoccupied with US tariffs and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. But these issues have...
Import tariffs, once seen primarily as instruments for protecting domestic industries on the pretext of improving trade balances, are now being deployed to undercut geopolitical...