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WTO’s Azevêdo: Tit-For-Tat Trade Wars Could Spark Global Recession

Following the Trump administration’s launch of tariffs on steel and aluminum, the director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Roberto Azevêdo, spoke again with Global Finance, about the global body’s role and the expanding trade tiffs that could set off another worldwide economic collapse.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

WTOs Azevdo: US withdrawal is not ‘in the cards’

The head of the world’s largest economic cooperation organization speaks one-on-one withGlobal Financeabout the pace of international trade—and the risks that confront it.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Tax Impacts: For Better Or Worse?

The latest tax and regulatory reforms in the US are intended to woo more corporate investment from abroad, but they offer both pros and cons that vary widely from sector to sector.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

China Pulls Back From Investments Abroad

External regulation and internal economics curb Beijing's appetite for investing around the globe.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SEC Kills Chinese Deal To Buy Chicago Exchange

Lack of transparency, including an inability to identify who would control the exchange, sink economically modest but politically heated transaction.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Taxing Questions

Will the latest US tax reform increase the attractiveness of the United States for foreign companies? Will companies line up to establish or increase operations in the US? And, if so, will this force other developed economies to follow suit ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Venezuela Skirts US Sanctions By Issuing The Petro

To get around sanctions, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is issuing an oil-and-reserves-backedcryptocurrency. If it succeeds, the ICO should provide the government with access to $6 billion. But cryptos are dicey.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Restructuring Pro Takes Over At Toshiba

Nobuaki Kurumatani, a former banker experienced in restructuring distressed companies,will be the first outsider to run the electronics giant in more than 50 years.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Expat CFOs Improve Reporting, Study Says, But Maybe Only In Europe

A Bocconi University analysis shows that a foreign CFO is likely to add a layer of investor protection. While anecdotal reports support this, the view from emerging markets suggests the global reality is not so straightforward.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Companies Brace To Put Leases On Balance Sheet

With deadlines only months away, treasury officers will need to improve their processes and leverage new technology to meet new IFRS and GAAP standards.

Banking

NBK-Kuwait Ready To Power Growth

Salah Al-Fulaij, CEO of NBK-Kuwait, shares thoughts with Global Finance about competition, Kuwait’s growth prospects and the pressures of global regulation.

Banking

Revamping Kuwait’s Stock Exchange

FTSE announced Kuwait’s forthcoming addition to the Secondary Emerging Markets list last September. What’s happened since?