Daniel Moss

Let’s not get too excited in response to talks about talks among officials from the US and China. Tussles over trade are likely to be the norm no matter who wins the midterm elections or sits in the Oval Office. That was the view of most people polled by Chan Chun Sing, Singapore’s trade…

The flashy term “trade war” is being thrown around with abandon, but thankfully for now it’s actually more of a frontier skirmish. While announcements fly back and forth between Washington and Beijing, what's been said -- and not said -- offers opportunities to de-escalate. Consider the Trump…

The end of US leadership is on everyone's lips. Today's installment is the Treasury secretary's endorsement of a weaker dollar. Not so fast. Despite the way the ideal of a "strong dollar" has been thrown around in official rhetoric the last couple of decades, the reality is that Treasury…

The trade war didn't happen. Prepare for a few skirmishes. It was high on many observers' lists of things that could go badly wrong in 2017. Buying and selling of goods and services across borders not only increased this year, but also grew more than anticipated. Next year may test whether that…

For all the hype about the decline of the West, it still largely controls whether emerging markets thrive or suffer. The broad global pick-up in growth this year propelled emerging markets toward the biggest gains in stocks and currencies in almost a decade. China's debt binge did add ballast…

At a global economic conference in Dubai last weekend, the US was everywhere and nowhere. In conversations at the World Economic Forum's Global Future Councils, people wrestled with challenges to the global trading system, developing infrastructure for the 21st century, and restoring trust in…