Years of strife ruined the energy sector, battered the currency and strangled growth. The West must ease financial controls to help the economy, experts say.

The United States is the biggest trading partner for the European Union and Britain, whose economies could be at risk from the president-elect’s policies.

The U.S. presidential election result has ensured a sharp turn in economic policy expected to upend global commerce and diverge from decades of American norms.

Spain is forging a path as a “connector” country, drawing Chinese investment as it abstained from taking a position on European tariffs on electric cars.

Leaders around the world are asking the European Union to delay rules that would require companies to police their global supply chains.

Crushing obligations to foreign creditors that have few precedents have sapped numerous African nations of growth and stoked social instability.

Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has floated the idea of a 10 percent tariff on all U.S. imports, a plan that economists say...

Sweden outperforms in tech, has a roster of $1 billion-plus start-ups and could be a model as the European Union refigures its growth policies.

Nationalist hatred has been linked to forces like stagnant wages and declining services, even though research shows immigration helps many economies.

The Labour Party’s economic agenda, like many other programs around the world, puts political leaders more firmly in charge of industrial policy.