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​Kenyan workers prepare clothes for export in Kitengela, Kajiado County, Kenya, on September 19, 2025.
Analysis

Is the US set to terminate a 33-country trade deal?

The African Growth and Opportunity Act, a trade pact that allows many products from 32 sub-Saharan African states to have free access to US markets, is set to expire in less than a week. The White House still hasn’t said whether it will renew it.

Hot topics at the IMF-World Bank meetings
Global Stage Interviews

Hot topics at the IMF-World Bank meetings

Delegates at the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings have been giving rosy outlooks to the press while the cameras are rolling, but GZERO Senior Writer Matthew Kendrick heard a different story in private settings. He told Tony Maciulis that the global outlook depends heavily on US policy continuity — which is highly unlikely under a second Trump administration — and successful efforts in China to revive its own floundering economy.

Why Africa's power partnership with the World Bank should attract investors
Crisis Recovery

Why Africa's power partnership with the World Bank should attract investors

At the World Bank Group’s Spring Meetings this week, GZERO’s Tony Maciulis spoke to Lucy Heintz, Head of Energy Infrastructure at Actis Energy Fund, a global investment company focused on sustainability. Heintz expressed optimism in the announcement and explained the reasons why it could be attractive to investors.

The debilitating cost of remittances
Closing the Gap

The debilitating cost of remittances

Dilip Ratha knows how hard it is to work abroad and send money home. Why? Because he had to go through the same hoops when he was a migrant. It's the inconvenience and the cost, the World Bank's head of KNOMAD and lead economist says during a livestream conversation on closing the global digital gap hosted by GZERO in partnership with Visa.

Focus on Africa: hunger, energy, climate - and the path to growth
Crisis Recovery

Focus on Africa: hunger, energy, climate - and the path to growth

Sub-Saharan Africa was on the brink of economic recovery last year. Now, the World Bank expects its growth to slow in 2023. With global inflation on the rise, rising food and fuel costs “actually put lives at risk in a way few other shocks can," says International Monetary Fund (IMF) senior economist Andrew Tiffin.

Xi Jinping's WEF speech on China's global leadership falls flat; Italy PM resigns over stimulus
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Xi Jinping's WEF speech on China's global leadership falls flat; Italy PM resigns over stimulus

Ian Bremmer shares his perspective on global politics on this week's World In (More Than) 60 Seconds: What did you think of Xi Jinping's speech at the virtual World Economic Forum? Why did the Italian Prime Minister resign? Where is the international outrage for what's happening in Ethiopia's Tigray region?