The epicenter of the world’s burgeoning trade in electric cars is Norway, which is drawing record shipments of Teslas and other models from the U.S., South Korea and transshipment ports like Antwerp and Rotterdam, according to import and export statistics published by Trade Data Monitor. The Nordic nation of 5.3 million imported $3.8 billion in…

As China relaunches its Belt and Road Initiative, an analysis of trade statistics for 10 key BRI economies suggests that the BRI has increased trade with Beijing and fueled China’s trade surplus and underscores the project’s vulnerability to financial crisis in individual countries. When president Xi Jinping announced the endeavor in 2013, it was intended…