The Economist

The nightmare scenario for global trade

The importance of a single passage depends not just on the trade it carries, but on the available alternatives. For some passages—such as the Red Sea, where attacks by the Houthis have sent insurance ...

Preparation is key to understanding global trade compliance for trials

Matthew Leets, head of global trade compliance at Alkermes, discusses the complexities of shipping investigational products in global trials.
U.S. News & World Report

Tariffs Cause 'Unprecedented' Disruption to Global Trade Rules, WTO Chief Says

GENEVA (Reuters) -The share of global trade done on WTO terms has fallen to 72% and could fall further, amid the biggest disruption to the international trading system in the past 80 years, the ...
NPR

President Trump is upending global trade as we know it. What comes next?

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with former US trade representative and Council on Foreign Relations President Michael Froman about how global trade moves forward in the midst of President Trump's ...
Forbes

The New Map Of Global Trade

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 ...
U.S. News & World Report

WTO Downgrades Global Trade Growth Forecast to 0.5% for Next Year

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.
Finance & Commerce

Trump’s shakeup of global trade creates uncertainties for 2026

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 ...

The 5 waterways that control global trade

These waterways act as a lifeline for much of the world’s economy ...