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Political developments covered for their economic consequence: budget standoffs, coalition changes, industrial action, sanctions disputes and treaty negotiations. Each piece states the channel through which politics reaches output, prices or investment. Read by economists, corporate strategists and public affairs teams pricing political events.

Affairs

How Treaties Differ From Executive Agreements

Both bind the United States internationally; only one needs two-thirds of the Senate — and the overwhelming majority of U.S. commitments are now the other kind.

Diplomats exchanging instruments of ratification across a treaty table