Freight Without Friction: How AI Is Reengineering The Language Of Global Trade

Independent analyses show measurable gains when AI permeates supply chains, including increased capacity, reduced costs and ...
The New York Times

Global Trade Growth to Slow Sharply Next Year, W.T.O. Says

The World Trade Organization said trade growth had proved more resilient in 2025 than expected, but would slow next year as result of President Trump’s tariffs. By Ana Swanson Ana Swanson covers ...

'Battered and bruised but still standing': WTO chief on global trade after tariffs

The global trade system has remained resilient despite the U.S.' introduction of import tariffs, the WTO's chief said.
Reuters

WTO says tariffs could bring contraction of 1% in global merchandise trade volumes

April 3 (Reuters) - The Director-General of the World Trade Organization said new tariffs announced by the U.S. along with those introduced at the start of the year could lead to a contraction of ...
Reuters

Global trade to contract by 5% in 2023, UN body says

GENEVA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Global trade is set to contract by 5% in 2023 compared to last year, the United Nations trade body said on Monday, with an overall pessimistic forecast for 2024. In its ...
CNN

Global economy on track for worst decade since 1960s, World Bank warns

Global economic growth is on track for its weakest decade since the 1960s, according to a new analysis by the World Bank, which cites President Donald Trump’s trade war as a major factor weighing on ...
International Monetary Fund

Nowcasting Global Trade from Space

Serkan Arslanalp, Seung Mo Choi, Parisa Kamali, Robin Koepke, Matthew McKetty, Michele Ruta, Mario Saraiva, Alessandra Sozzi, and Jasper Verschuur. "Nowcasting Global Trade from Space", IMF Working ...
The New York Times

‘The W.T.O. Is Toast.’ What Happens to Global Trade Now.

President Trump, who disabled the World Trade Organization during his first term, is going after international free trade rules in place since the 1940s. By Keith Bradsher Keith Bradsher, who covered ...
The Economist

Reciprocal tariffs really mean chaos for global trade

What happens when you ditch the principles that underpinned global trade for three-quarters of a century? Donald Trump hopes to find out. He wants to levy “reciprocal” tariffs, which match the duties ...
CNN

The global trade war will badly hurt the US and global economies, WTO says

President Donald Trump’s global trade war will hurt economies around the world this year, including the US, according to a new report by the World Trade Organization. The WTO projects global economies ...
International Monetary Fund

Climate Change is Disrupting Global Trade

Around 1,000 ships pass through the Panama Canal each month carrying a total of over 40 million tons of goods—about 5 percent of global maritime trade volumes. But water levels in this vital link ...