Rocky Waters
It’s a perilous time for the global trading system. President Trump has imposed an across-the-board tariff of 20%, in two tranches of 10%, on U.S. imports of Chinese…
The Trillion-Dollar Surplus
In 2024, China recorded the biggest global trade surplus in…
September Rain
China posted lackluster trade figures in September, highlighting how it might…
The politics of trade in the U.S. have gotten complicated during this century,…
Age of the EV
We’re entering the age of the electric vehicle, and…
More Tariffs on the Horizon
There seems to be no end to the…
Middle East: The Big Picture
In 2024, the Middle East has been hit…
China’s electric car export boom has fueled demand in the country for automobile…
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…
As European Union leaders gathered in Beijing Thursday, one of their demands for…
It’s not an easy time for global trade--the roughly $25 trillion piece of…
A recent Financial Times article, based on data supplied by Trade Data Monitor,…
The world’s biggest exporter reported another month of dismal trade figures for June.…