Shake-up in Global Steel
The world of steel trade is in for a shake-up. New climate rules in Europe, the prospect of ramped-up U.S. tariffs on steel and an excess…
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…
The politics of trade in the U.S. have gotten complicated during this century,…
As the business world girds for a fresh wave of trade protectionism and…
Age of the EV
We’re entering the age of the electric vehicle, and…
After a tepid recovery in 2023, Vietnam’s trade machine appears to be firing…
The Beijing trade engine has been slumping this year amid a tepid global…
China’s electric car export boom has fueled demand in the country for automobile…
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…
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…
A recent Financial Times article, based on data supplied by Trade Data Monitor,…
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…
The world’s biggest exporter reported another month of dismal trade figures for June.…
Higher prices for rare-earth minerals and strategic support from the U.S. and other…
Correlations between urea and natural gas pricing can exist during periods when supply…
The world was rocked in 2022 by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, punishing inflation,…
The Covid-19 pandemic has cast a pall over clothing retail markets in the…