The Suez, Panama, and Black Sea routes are facing major disruptions from conflict and climate impacts, threatening global supply chains. Companies are rerouting ships or shifting to land and rail ...

The journey from Shanghai to Rotterdam takes a container ship a month. Setting out at night, the vessel—a shadow amid glowing pleasure boats—begins by sliding past the Chinese city’s banks. Over the ...

This paper presents a nowcasting model for global trade that allows for regional dynamics and spillovers. World trade growth is driven by common global factors but also regional trends. While existing ...

The global trade system has remained resilient despite the U.S.' introduction of import tariffs on multiple goods from multiple countries, the WTO's chief told CNBC. Trump, the architect of U.S.

A vessel anchored off the coast of Dubai in the Persian Gulf on March 1. Stringer / EPA The conflict in Iran has disrupted energy and commodity markets. Iran has effectively closed the narrow strait ...

Sluggish economic growth. Geopolitical fragmentation. Accelerating digital and green transitions. Tighter national regulations. These forces are reshaping how countries are engaging in commerce, with ...

We asked a group of experts to envision the future of supply chains and how changes to them will impact national economies. By The New York Times This feature is part of a series called Turning Points ...

2025 will go down in history as the year everything changed in global trade. When US President Donald Trump announced a sweeping set of tariffs in April using the International Emergency Economic ...

Global trade finance is undergoing a structural reset. Rising geopolitical risk, supply-chain fragmentation, tighter compliance standards, and the push toward real-time, digital execution are forcing ...