Governments are working to protect their own populations first. But they risk potentially dire consequences in doing so, says Erik Berglöf

The Covid-19 outbreak may herald the end of the era when steadily rising international trade buttressed global peace, writes Jeffrey Frankel

Last week the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) proposed breaking a taboo in international corporate taxation that countries only have a right to tax activities from companies that have a physical presence on their soil.

Plans to shake up the way governments tax multinationals, which could upend the decades-old Irish tax regime, are racing ahead, with an agreement possible by next summer.

Since the United Kingdom’s Department of International Development (DFID) was created 22 years ago, it has lifted millions out of poverty, sent millions of children to school, and saved millions of lives through vaccination programmes and other innovative initiatives.

Britain under Boris Johnson will lack the status to lead in important global multilateral development efforts, argues former British Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown.

World leaders attending the G20 summit in Japan are clashing over the values that have served for decades as the foundation of their cooperation.

We need tangible results sooner than 2030 if we are to avert the worst effects of climate change, says Johan Rockström.

Asia has long benefitted from the movement of goods and people and is advocating a similar policy for data, ‘free flow with trust’, says Shinzo Abe ahead of the G20 summit

The visit of US President Donald Trump to Shannon last week may have improved his chances of re-election next year, as he and his sons made the most of the welcome in Doonbeg to flaunt the Irish connection and appeal to the 30 million Irish-Americans back home.

More than 200 of the world’s largest listed companies forecast that climate change could cost them a combined total of almost $1trn (€890bn), with much of the pain due in the next five years, according to a report.

The new British PM will have much to do to tackle the lousy legacy of Theresa May and David Cameron, which includes clearing up the Brexit mess, writes Andrew Hammond.

Uneven economic recovery is combining with deteriorating environmental conditions to threaten humanity itself, write Richard Kozul-Wright and Kevin P Gallagher

President Donald Trump often seems to be caught between his ideological desire to rewrite America’s trade relationship with China and a businessman’s instinct to cut a deal.

Germany and Argentina want to uphold a pledge to keep international trade free at a summit of the world’s largest economies in Buenos Aires this week, their finance ministers said.

The idea that Russia and the US work out the rules of engagement in cyberspace isn’t crazy, but the US president jumped the gun after Putin talks, writes Leonid Bershidsky

German chancellor Angela Merkel has said 19 members of the G20 group have reaffirmed the Paris climate accord as "irreversible" - leaving the US as the odd one out.

Anti-globalisation activists have rioted for a second night as Hamburg hosts G20 leaders, setting up street barricades, looting supermarkets and attacking police.

Leaders of the world's top economic powers have reaffirmed their support for free trade but tempered the statement by acknowledging countries could defend their home companies and markets against unfair practices.

Donald Trump has said he expects a trade deal with the UK to be completed "very, very quickly" and that he will be coming to London.

Theresa May will tell the world's most powerful leaders they are not doing enough to tackle modern slavery as she warns it is the greatest human rights issue they are facing.

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will have their first face-to-face encounter at the G20 summit in the German city of Hamburg today.

The European Union is "more determined than ever" to make the Paris accord against climate change a success, Angela Merkel has said.

From academic prowess to cutting-edge research, Ireland’s young women are an impressive bunch, writes Niamh Hennessy.

Those in British politics who talk of a hard Brexit are mainlining a fantasy, and steeped in denial, writes Alison O’Connor.

The world's top economic powers have dropped a pledge to oppose trade protectionism amid pressure from the US.

James Stewart looks at the US position on Apple tax and why an appeal of the ruling is a mistake

Beijing has criticised new European tariffs on Chinese steel as "unjustifiable" protectionism, weeks after commerce ministers from G20 nations pledged to promote free trade.

Finance officials of major economies have pledged to boost sluggish global growth and promised to defend against the shockwaves of Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

UK chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne is bracing for a row with France and other European countries as he resists moves to make the ownership of trusts and foundations fully transparent, according to officials involved in Group of 20 talks in Washington.

EU countries will exchange information on the tax affairs of multinational companies under new rules backed by EU finance ministers aimed at stopping big companies avoiding paying their fair share into government coffers.

The US and European allies are combining in a drive to persuade Vladimir Putin to co-operate with them in the struggle against terror group Islamic State in the wake of attacks in Paris and Egypt.

Turkish soldiers killed four suspected Islamic State militants today and authorities detained 11 demonstrators a day before leaders of the G20 group of economic powerhouses meet for a summit overshadowed by the slaughter in Paris.

Banking behemoths, led by HSBC Holdings and JPMorgan Chase & Co, now know the cost they will have to shoulder so the global financial system does not have another Lehman moment.

The 500 largest US companies hold more than $2.1trn (€1.87trn) in accumulated profits offshore to avoid US taxes and would collectively owe an estimated $620bn in US taxes if they repatriated the funds, according to a study released yesterday.

The OECD’s measures to reform international corporate tax systems will cause Ireland fewer problems than forecast, but for eurozone countries it will be just the beginning of greater and more detailed change.