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Surging Food Import Costs Threaten World’s Poorest, FAO Warns

Gus Trompiz | Reuters | 06/10/2021

Food imports costs across the world are expected to surge to record levels this year, piling pressure on many of the poorest countries whose economies have already been ravaged by…

Global Trade Set For Strong 2021 Rebound After Proving Resilient During Pandemic

Alice Haine | The National | 06/10/2021

Global trade was more resilient during th...

Rebooting the Transatlantic Partnership

Bryce Baschuk | Bloomberg | 06/10/2021

A month after his inauguration, President Joe Biden quickly sought to repair the da...

Ship Orders Surge as Carriers Rush to Add Capacity

Hellenic Shipping News | 06/10/2021

Global shipyards that were retrenching and consolidating in a faltering mar...

Europe’s Carbon Border Tax Plan Looms Over Global Trade

Matthew Dalton | The Wall Street Journal | 06/10/2021

PARIS—Europe is preparing legislation that would j...

Senate Passes Sweeping China Competition Bill in Rare Bipartisan Vote

Zachary Basu | Axios News | 06/09/2021

The Senate voted 68-32 on Tuesday to approve a sweepi...

The political economy of enhancing trade facilitation in Nigeria

Chukwuemeka Uwanaka | The Cable News | 06/09/2021

The phrase, ‘‘he who controls the trade, contro...

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