global trade

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

By John Kemp LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Global freight volumes have begun to fall as overall consumer and business spending slows and the

The International Monetary Fund has lowered its outlook for the global economy amid high inflation and downside risks on multiple fronts. According to the

GENEVA, Oct 5 (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization forecast a slowdown of global trade growth next year as sharply

(Bloomberg) — Overseas demand for goods from China is weakening as the global economy slows, warned a senior Chinese commerce ministry official, though

By Rajendra Jadhav, Mayank Bhardwaj and Nigam Prusty MUMBAI, May 14 (Reuters) – India banned wheat exports on Saturday days after saying it was

By Brendan Murray and Michelle Jamrisko Apr 30, 2022, (Bloomberg) —Global supply chains are knotting up from China to Denmark, sparking

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) Disruptions in global trade are about to go from bad to worse. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine early Thursday, energy costs

Global trade is likely to be subdued this year after hitting a record high in 2021, according to data published Thursday by the UN Conference on Trade and

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China’s record-breaking export strength continued into December, pushing the annual trade surplus to a new high and

WASHINGTON –- The White House and the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that John D. Porcari will be the Port Envoy to the Biden-Harris

By Ken Parks (Bloomberg) –Global shipping disruptions and drought-stricken rivers in the heart of South America threaten to pinch meat exports from

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China’s exports continued to surge in May, although at a slower pace than the previous month, fueled by strong global

By Nick Carey and Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) – If suppliers in China fail to pick up freight containers to fill an order for MediaShop, Marcel Schneider