The cost of Geoeconomic coercion

Written on 06/25/2026
Caribnews

WASHINGTON, USA – As geopolitical tensions rise, countries like to flex their economic muscle. But as appealing as they might be, sanctions, tariffs, and export bans come at a price.

Jeffry Frieden is a professor of international and public affairs and political science at Columbia University.

In this podcast, he says when economic and geopolitical relations become tightly connected, bad things can happen. Transcript

Read the article in Finance & Development: IMF.org/FANDD

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