‘A Singularly Turbulent Time’: Deeper Uncertainty in Store for Global Economy NYT | Top Stories Patricia Cohen 19 December 2025 at 13:00 A reordering of the rules of trade, set on top of transformational change in technology, demographics and climate, is remaking jobs, politics and lives. © Linh Pham for The New York TimesA furniture factory in Vietnam. Chinese exports are surging not just into Europe but even more sharply into Southeast Asia.