Thousands of miles from the corridors of the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank, a struggle between competing views on inflation is unfolding. Two emerging-market icons are watching prices jump and steering very different courses: Brazil is cracking down, while India prefers to wait and hope the phenomenon flames out on its own. Which of the two approaches proves most ...

Venezuela’s strongman sounds desperate. In an interview with Bloomberg News, Nicolas Maduro pleads with US President Joe Biden to lift the crippling sanctions on his country imposed by former President Donald Trump. “If Venezuela can’t produce oil and sell it, can’t produce and sell its gold, can’t produce and sell its bauxite, can’t produce iron, etcetera, and can’t earn revenue ...

US regulators are toughening their stance on Chinese makers of surveillance cameras and other hardware. By turning to an old playbook, though, Washington is diverting focus from the future and diminishing America’s ability to remain a global technology leader. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed a ban on use of certain telecommunications products and other electronics made by Chinese companies, ...