A new study challenges old theories, proposing that money was created for trade between strangers and not to collect taxes.

U.S. duties could nudge the European Union toward protectionist measures and away from free trade.

From around 3500-2500 BC, there was a lively trade in amber from the Baltic coast in northern Europe to southern ... medicine – has driven long-distance trade for millennia.

The Aztecs were highly advanced in agriculture and trade, largely thanks to an elite group of long-distance merchants and traders called the Pochteca. They provided the Aztec capital and other ...

Trade is always a big talking point in Davos, but with Trump back in the White House, fears of US protectionism are stealing the spotlight. Europe has long advocated for open markets ...

For much of history northern Europe was too remote, too sparsely settled, and too culturally “backward” to play more than a marginal role in long-distance trade across Eurasia. But, even in ancient ...