U.S.-China Summit This Week
When Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet in Beijing, trade, for once, won’t be the primary topic. Among more severe crises in play are the…
Vietnam’s Moment in (Trade) Time
The wars in Iran and Ukraine, and trade…
Lower Growth in China
In early March, Chinese leadership set their lowest gross…
One way of looking at China’s trade economy in December and for the…
Happy New Year. While we wait on the Supreme Court to rule whether the Trump…
Why China is Still Buying
If you’re pessimistic about global trade, you’ve likely…
The Chinese export juggernaut finally started to show the impact of protectionism and…
Global Trade Can Take a Punch
This month, markets have swerved to adjust…
Please Dial a New Number
As U.S. and Chinese negotiators try to find…
China Cuts Coal Imports
For years, as governments around the world embraced clean…
Made in Vietnam (or China)
At a time when trade officials around the…
Trade in a Time of Geopolitical Adjustment
The focus of the global trade…
Shake-up in Global Steel
The world of steel trade is in for a…
This week’s election of Donald Trump as the U.S.’s 47th president is almost…
September Rain
China posted lackluster trade figures in September, highlighting how it might…
During a summer that’s been a boon for free trade despite a looming…
Don’t let anybody tell you that globalization is dying—at least, not yet.
Global…
In a tricky global economy, Vietnamese exports shrank in 2023, but the rising…
As we enter the third year after the invasion of Ukraine, the landscape…
It’s not been an easy time for international trade, as a recent report…
In the somewhat gloomy December and annual China trade statistics released in the…
It’s not an easy time for global trade--the roughly $25 trillion piece of…
Trade scholars in a recent paper used Trade Data Monitor data on steel…
China in October dramatically increased imports of fossil fuels, industrial metals and agricultural…