Rising global market prices pose the most serious threat.

Emergency border restrictions have costs, including slowdowns in both formal and informal trade.

Nigeria has continues its long history of protectionism—despite committing itself to a continent-wide free trade zone.

The Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires offers an opportunity to jump-start stalled international progress on trade and food security.

IFPRI researchers model what would happen if President Trump launched a trade war between the United States and China or Mexico.

Export taxes are a commonly enacted policy worldwide. Export taxes are often applied as a food security policy, as the main effect of these taxes is to decrease the domestic price of a good.

Antoine Bouet is an IFPRI Senior Research Fellow.

The benefits least developed countries (LDCs) can draw from a multilateral trade reform as designed by the modalities made public in May 2008 are negligible, and some countries will even face adverse effects.