global trade

COPENHAGEN, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk warned on Friday of a steeper decline in global demand for shipping containers by

(Bloomberg) — Spot rates for shipping containers jumped by the most in more than two years, a sign that a 16-month slump in ocean-freight costs that

(Bloomberg) — China is facing pressure on trade as foreign shipments drop off and domestic demand remains weak, with a darkening global growth outlook

(Bloomberg) — PSA International Pte has shelved plans to sell its minority stake in the ports business of Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. amid

Trade growth was positive for both goods and services in the first quarter of 2023, according to the UNCTAD’s latest Global Trade Update report. However the

(Bloomberg) — South Korean exports offered an early sign of improvement in global trade after their first year-on-year gain since last summer.

By Vince Golle and Molly Smith (Bloomberg) — Fresh trade data out of China added to evidence that the world’s second-largest economy is struggling for

FRANKFURT, June 6 (Reuters) – Global container shipping freight rates have reached unsustainable levels and must rebound, the chief executive of

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) – Average potential global economic growth will slump to a three-decade low of 2.2% per year

By Bryce Baschuk (Bloomberg) — International commerce soared to a record of $32 trillion in 2022, but goods trade growth is expected to increase by only

By Kevin Varley (Bloomberg) — The number of container ships in US coastal waters has fallen to less than half of the count a year earlier, in the latest

By Reade Pickert (Bloomberg) — The US trade deficit grew to the widest in three months at the start of the year, reflecting a pickup in imports of

GENEVA, March 1 (Reuters) – Global merchandise trade growth slowed at the end of 2022 and was likely to remain weak in the first quarter of

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla., Feb 27 (Reuters) – Globalization may have peaked, but the resilience of world trade in the face of mounting

San Francisco-based supply chain management and logistics company Flexport has announced it is slashing 20% of its workforce amid the slowdown in global trade.

By Bryce Baschuk (Bloomberg) — The UN said efforts to “friend-shore” manufacturing could weigh on a global trading system that a new report warns

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) – The pace of global shipping activity is set to lose steam next year as economic turmoil, conflict in

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) There is a large shipping company that’s made record profits in recent years after changing its operational model to bet

By Ellen Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING, Nov 10 (Reuters) – China’s usual year-end export surge is in doubt as weak global demand dims a rare

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China’s exports and imports both unexpectedly fell for the first time in more than two years, with rising risks of a