China’s surrender to Western powers after the first Opium War helps explain Beijing’s interest for a global trading order that works more on its terms, historians say. Source: NYT > Business – ALAN RAPPEPORT
China Pledges Openness in Hopes of Reaching a Trade Deal
Top Chinese officials, looking at a skeptical audience both at home and abroad, pledge to open the country’s markets to foreign investment. Source: NYT > Business – KEITH BRADSHER
Cambodia Faces Major Economic Blow as E.U. Weighs Ending Trade Deal
The country’s worsening rights record and oppression of the opposition could lead to the revoking of its special access to European markets. Source: NYT > Business – SETH MYDANS
Drug Company Protections Are Latest Stumbling Block for Nafta Rewrite
Democrats say intellectual property provisions in the deal are a boon to the pharmaceutical industry and could undermine their push to make American health care more affordable. Source: NYT > Business – ANA SWANSON
This Songbird Is Nearly Extinct in the Wild. An International Treaty Could Help Save It — but Won’t.
Over a quarter of the species threatened by commercial trade are not protected by Cites, the global agreement intended to save them. Source: NYT > Business – RACHEL NUWER
Trade Fight With China Enters Overtime, With Tariffs a Costly Sticking Point
Although much remains unsettled before an April goal, one thing is clear: The Trump administration wants to hold the threat of tariffs over Beijing. Source: NYT > Business – ANA SWANSON