Global Trade and Economics

Sunday’s OPEC+ meeting will not just be another date on the oil calendar; it is a test of whether the producers’ alliance can manage prices in a world where geopolitical risk is rising and U.S. domestic supply growth is slowing. What happens on Sunday will shape the path of crude benchmarks and U.S. gasoline prices through the summer driving season, with clear implications for inflation and U.S. economic and political calculations. The gathering is an online session of the OP

The latest U.S.-China talks have been less about grand breakthroughs and more about drawing the boundaries of an uneasy coexistence. They reveal two superpowers trying to prevent a crisis neither wants, even as both double-down on strategies the other finds threatening. In Paris, senior economic officials led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, met under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development umbrella for yet another