To calculate each scenario, we blocked relevant parts of the world’s oceans, and recalculated optimal routes for all port-to-port trips. We cross-checked our estimated traffic volumes (both by port ...

Global merchandise trade will decelerate less sharply this year than the World Trade Organization predicted six months ago, ...

Calling President Donald Trump’s pivot to global tariffs, California joins 23 other states in asking a U.S. trade court to ...

Global trade is experiencing its worst disruption in over 80 years, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has ...

Trump invoked Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose a 10% tariff on all imports, acting swiftly after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his earlier tariffs under a different statute. Because ...

Amid the headlines and noise of the latest tariffs from Washington and the growing fears about the state of global trade, a quiet movement to support free and open commerce is taking place in world ...

If you only read the headlines, you might guess that global trade came to a standstill in the last year as the U.S. put into ...

Amid shifting trade dynamics, MSMEs must move beyond opportunistic exports to structured global strategies, leveraging new ...

Al Jazeera reports that the meeting comes as the WTO faces unprecedented strain following sweeping tariff measures introduced by United States President Donald Trump, whose aggressive trade policies ...

GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Trade Organization sharply lowered its 2026 forecast for global merchandise trade volume growth to 0.5% on Tuesday, citing expected delayed impacts from U.S. President ...

President Donald Trump’s return to the White House in 2025 kicked off a frenetic year for global trade, with waves of tariffs on U.S. trading partners that lifted import taxes to their highest since ...

Working across global markets gives you a particular vantage point. You see differences—regulatory environments, levels of market maturity, access to capital—but you also see patterns that repeat with ...