Global trade today stands at an unusual and uncomfortable juncture. On paper, the numbers appear reassuring. World trade in goods and services is estimated to have crossed the $35 trillion mark in 2025, expanding by...
The significance of the Red Sea shipping route for global trade is enormous. But for over six months now, Houthi militias from Yemen have been attacking ships in the region for their owners’ or operators’ ties to Israel....
China’s economic malaise is weighing heavily on East Asia as a whole, one of the world’s key economic engines. But reforms in one sector could work wonders, the World Bank says. East Asia has been...
The World Trade Organization is now leaderless. The task facing Roberto Azevedo’s successor is mammoth, from the need for reform to fighting protectionism. The process to succeed him is also quite labyrinthine. It’s a role...
The global trade with counterfeit drugs is booming – it’s an extremely lucrative business with potentially lethal side effects. Cross-border cooperation is trying to curb the deadly trade. The counterfeiters are unscrupulous: Painkillers are made...
