UNCTAD sounds the alarm over unprecedented disruptions to global trade

  The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has sounded the alarm over rising…

Global trade finance gap widens to $2.5tr 

  The global trade finance gap jumped to a record $2.5 trillion last year, as heightened…

Global trade to hit record $32tr in 2022, but outlook gloomy for 2023 

  Global trade should hit a record $32 trillion for 2022, but a slowdown that began…

Global trade records US$7.7tr in 2022 first quarter

The value of global trade increased by approximately US$1 trillion in the first quarter of the…

Costs of global trade slumps by 15% in 19 years

  The World Trade Organisation (WTO) says trade costs globally declined by 15 per cent in…

Nigeria has only 0.33% share of global trade, says Okonjo-Iweala

  The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said that Nigeria’s…

EU tackles China’s global trade ambition with landmark tariff

  The European Union fired a warning shot at China over its global trade ambitions with…

Stranded crew crisis is ticking time bomb for global trade

  By Greg Miller You may have read those Kafkaesque stories about seafarers marooned on cargo…

WTO outlook: Global trade losing momentum in Q3

Global trade in goods is likely to lose momentum in the third quarter, with growth just…

Macron seeks reform in global trade rules

French President, Emmanuel Macron, says it was time for the world’s biggest economic powers to start…

Global trade under threat warns IMF Chief

The Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, has said that the global trade system…

World Bank chief says U.S. tariffs could affect global trade

The Chief Executive of the World Bank, Kristalina Georgieva, on Thursday urged US President, Donald Trump,…