global trade

Global trade is projected to recover in 2024, bouncing back from a downward trend seen in 2023, according to a new report from the United Nations Conference on

By Patricia Zengerle and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence agencies said on Monday the country faces an

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — Global merchandise trade is struggling to accelerate from a slump last year amid signs that growth in the automotive

The recent attacks on Red Sea shipping coupled with existing geopolitical and climate-related challenges are reshaping global trade routes with the potential

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, Jan 29 (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization will likely cut its estimates for goods trade growth for 2023 and 2024

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has sounded the alarm over rising disruptions in global trade due to escalating geopolitical

(Bloomberg) — A year that started with smooth sailing for the global economy — vanishing supply snarls, slower inflation and fading pandemic gloom —

(Bloomberg) — Global trade will decline in 2023 by about 5% from last year’s record as high borrowing costs weigh on economies, US-China

(Bloomberg) — A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, a bellwether for global trade, fell after saying it’s cutting at least 10,000 jobs to shield its profitability in

BERLIN, Oct 14 (Reuters) – The head of German shipping firm Hapag Lloyd HLAG.DE, Rolf Habben Jansen, expects the next three years to be difficult

(Bloomberg) — They are relatively easy to fake. Frequently get lost. And can add huge amounts of time to any journey. Yet paper documents still rule

(Bloomberg) — Flexport Inc. founder Ryan Petersen said ex-Chief Executive Officer Dave Clark’s ouster means the once high-flying freight technology

(Bloomberg) — The global trade finance gap jumped to a record $2.5 trillion last year, as heightened economic risks left banks’ financing capacity

(Bloomberg) — As economists gauge the likelihood of recessions in major economies around the world, a slew of recent data show that a downturn is already

(Bloomberg) — China’s trade plunged in July as slowing global demand clouded the outlook for exports, while domestic pressures weighed on imports in a

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