WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued the following news release: * * * Ambassador Jamieson Greer: Trade theory must catch up with tariffs, industrial policy, and the costs of globalization Ambassador Jamieson Greer published an article in the June issue of the International Monetary Fund's Finance & Development Magazine calling for the economics profession to revisit its assumptions and develop models that capture what matters to the real economy--including  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following joint statement with Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, United Kingdom and the European External Action Service: * * * Joint Statement on DPRK Sanctions Accountability The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom, and by t  more

RIVERSIDE, California, June 1 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Why the Arctic's rivers are rusting * Scientists have identified the two biggest reasons that once-pristine rivers across the Arctic are growing cloudy with toxic orange iron particles that smother insects and suffocate fish. A new study published in Communications Earth & Environment builds on earlier research documenting widespread contamination in Alaska's Brooks Range. As the   more

FALMOUTH, Massachusetts, June 1 (TNSres) -- Woodwell Climate Research Center, formerly the Woods Hole Research Center, issued the following policy brief on May 26, 2026 entitled "Crucial industries could be uncompetitive without renewable power": Here is the background: * * * Solar energy and battery storage costs have decreased dramatically as prices remain stagnant for natural gas, coal, and nuclear. Over the past decade, solar prices have decreased by 14% per year and battery prices have d  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The World Bank issued the following working paper (No. 11402) on June 1, 2026 by Arti Grover and Pierre-Louis Vezina entitled "The Impact of Conflict on Foreign Investments: Evidence from Project-Level Data." Here is the abstract: * * * This paper examines how armed conflict affects the global allocation of foreign direct investment using monthly conflict fatality data matched with project-level greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) and cross-border merger  more