Economic Development
ORF America
Auto Tariffs: Economic Self-Harm Disguised as ...

By Marta Bengoa

The fundamental contradiction in the Trump administration’s approach to trade policy remains unresolved: a strong economy cannot be built on weak economic thinking. Tariffs are not a strategy; they are a symptom of strategic absence.

Auto Tariffs: Economic Self-Harm Disguised as National Security
Economic Development
ORF America
How U.S. Immigration and Tax Policies Could ...

By Caroline Arkalji

Policymakers in remittance-dependent nations must consider the broader, long-term effects of U.S. immigration and taxation policies.

How U.S. Immigration and Tax Policies Could Affect Remittance Outflows
Foreign Policy & Security
ORF America
U.S.-India Cooperation in the Indian Ocean

By Ammar Nainar

In a signal of the United States’ burden-sharing efforts, the Indian Ocean region was featured eight times in the latest U.S.-India joint statement between Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and U.S. president Donald Trump. To India and the United States, the Indian Ocean remains vital for trade and energy flows, for security competition given China’s growing naval activity, and for connectivity between Asia, Africa, and Europe.

U.S.-India Cooperation in the Indian Ocean
Economic Development
ORF America
India’s Financial System: Between Expansion, ...

By Udaibir Das

By deepening financial resilience, accelerating capital market reforms, and fostering global financial integration, India can reinforce its position as a stable, competitive, and inclusive financial powerhouse—one that is fully aligned with its long-term economic ambitions.

India’s Financial System: Between Expansion, Risk, and Reform
Economic Development
ORF America
Strategic Incoherence Compounds the Financial ...

By Marta Bengoa

As this new phase of trade conflict unfolds, both immediate price effects and the longer-term restructuring of economic relationships threaten to undermine decades of productivity gains achieved through global economic integration.

Strategic Incoherence Compounds the Financial Costs of New U.S. Tariffs

Anneleen Roggeman

UN Adopts First Draft Convention Against Cybercrime

UN Adopts First Draft Convention Against Cybercrime

By Anneleen Roggeman

Earlier this month, member states of the UN Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime agreed to adopt the first global convention against cybercrime after three years of negotiations. The convention will be presented to the UN General Assembly in September, ratifying its legitimacy in 40 countries.

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