global trade

A drone view shows containers and cargo ships at a port in Wuhu, Anhui province, China February 4, 2025. China Daily via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

WTO slashes 2025 trade growth forecast, warns of deeper slump due to Trump tariffs

It says tariff war could lead to steepest trade drop since height of pandemic

Sketch: TBS
Panorama

Working together to defend multilateralism and jointly maintain the global economic order

A drone view shows trucks as they transport cargo at the Bayport Container Terminal in Seabrook, Texas, U.S., 7 April, 2025. REUTERS
World+Biz

Trump's latest tariffs kick in, deepening global trade war

Xi Jinping. File Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Xi seizes role as global defender of free trade against Trump

Ships and shipping containers are pictured at the port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, US, 30 January 2019. Photo: REUTERS
Global Economy

Container rate surge enters longest stretch since the pandemic

The Tiger Express service(TEX service) of Germany's Tailwind Shipping Lines has launched to ship containers between Chattogram port and Europe, especially to transport textile goods. Photo: TBS
Analysis

Realignment of global trade: The good, the bad and the in-between

Representational image. Photo: Bloomberg
World+Biz

UN trade body voices concern over escalating disruptions to global trade

Representational image: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
Global Economy

Container rates soar on concerns of prolonged Red Sea disruption, inflation

The world's first methanol-fueled container vessel Laura Maersk, owned by shipping company Maersk, is seen in Copenhagen, Denmark September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen/File Photo
Global Economy

Shipping firms impose extra fees as Red Sea attacks hit global trade

Containers are seen on the Maersk's Triple-E giant container ship Majestic Maersk, one of the world's largest container ships, as it sails in the Strait of Gibraltar towards the port of Algeciras, Spain January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo
Bloomberg Special

Global trade to drop 5% this year amid geopolitical headwinds

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Economy

Global trade slows, but 'green goods' grow

Central bankers’ refusal to embark into ‘hard helicopter money’ experiment have been a good idea. Photo: Reuters
Bloomberg Special

The world's most painful trade is finally ending as dollar peaks

World Economic Forum Geneva Managing Director Saadia Zahidi, Dean at the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) Arancha Gonzalez Laya, Governor of the State of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer, Leader of the Democratic Forces of Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and journalist and activist Masih Alinejad attend the session "Women's Leadership: Towards Parity in Power" during the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023 in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland, January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Global Economy

DAVOS 2023: WTO sticks with 1% projection for growth in global trade