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How Trade Rules Are Written
The WTO system is the foundation of modern global trade. But as trade becomes more connected, with new challenges constantly emerging, trade agreements are adapting in order to keep up.
Two Hundred Years of Global Communications
From the printing press to Instagram, technological advances shape how people communicate.
What Happened When China Joined the WTO?
The United States thought it was directing the show when China acceded to the World Trade Organization. Instead, China wrote its own script.
What Gets in the Way of Free Trade?
A world with free trade yields net benefits for all participants. But that world does not actually exist— countries impose free-trade roadblocks for a number of reasons.
How Did Mass Production and Mass Consumption Take Off After World War II?
Discover how consumer goods have become cheap and ubiquitous in the global era.
What Is Globalization?
Explore examples of globalization to understand the benefits and challenges of our increasingly interconnected world in this video.
How Globalization Affects What’s for Brunch
Globalization’s effects can appear where you least expect them—including on your plate.
It Takes a Village to Make Your Medicine
Follow the global supply chain across borders and into your pill bottle.
Trains, Planes, and Shipping Containers
Three innovations shaped how people and goods move around the world today.
What Is Trade?
The modern era of global trade began just after World War II.