After years of talks and a week or two of comic opera, Canada and the European Union stifled resistance from Wallonia — the French-speaking part of Belgium — and signed their Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. It was a good result, though with disturbing implications. CETA is a new kind of free-trade agreement. Going far beyond the elimination of …

  The business case for wildlife conservation continues to get stronger, although the economic benefits are yet to be tapped fully. The latest study points out that if Africa stops the killing of pachyderms for their tusks, it could increase the continent’s annual tourism income by $25 million. Tourists prefer visiting national parks which have more elephants and each extra …

  AT&T’s proposed merger with the media giant Time Warner has prompted an outcry across the political spectrum, raising worry that a corporate behemoth could control a huge chunk of the U.S. telecommunications infrastructure, along with the content that flows through it. The complaints should be familiar: Almost a century ago, in the age of radio, the phone company tried …