From AI to Asia’s economic boom, the world is changing fast. The Global Business Journalism program's top five global business trends of 2026 reveal where opportunity, innovation and disruption meet. At GBJ — a partnership among Tsinghue University, Bloomberg News and the International Center for Journalists — we help future journalists and storytellers decode these shifts through data, insight and global perspective. Let us know what you think of our choice of trends.

Tariffs are in the news and on everybody's mind. They affect the price of almost everything you buy — in the supermarket, in the digital marketplace, at the auto dealer or if you want to repair your home or apartment. Tariffs are an economic tool, but they also are a political tool with geopolitical implications. In this short explanatory video, the Global Business Journalism program tries to explain in clear and simple English what tariffs are and how they can affect your li

Tariffs have always been about more than just economics. They are tools of power and leverage, expressions of national priorities and xenophobic fears. Rick Dunham But the 2025 U.S.-China trade standoff marks a profound shift. The on-again, off-again tariff war is not just a fight over trade imbalances, but a battle over the very future of global order and the hegemonic ambitions of the world's two largest economies. It is a clash between a MAGA president and a MCGA p