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

Since 2018, tariff policy has returned to the center stage of global affairs, catalyzed by U.S. efforts to rebalance trade relationships under Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden. As governments rethink the rules of globalization, reporters who previously had not been trade experts are being asked to cover this highly specialized area of business journalism. Those covering trade must understand not only how tariffs work, but also how they ripple across economies.

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By MICHELLE NG Global Business Journalism reporter The European Union faces the complex task of bridging the tense U.S.-China...