‘THIS IS THE DIRTY SECRET’: Bessent reveals why the government shutdown is dragging on
‘THIS IS THE DIRTY SECRET’: Bessent reveals why the government shutdown is dragging on TALKING TO THE ISRAELI…
Forget Trade Tariffs… – Edward Heng
India’s Strategic Ascent in the Global Economy The global economy in 2025, now valued at US$106.5 trillion, remains…
IMF asks Sri Lanka to beef up anti-graft operations
COLOMBO: The International Monetary Fund asked cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Thursday (Oct 9) to strengthen its anti-corruption agency…
AI-Related Goods Drove 43% of Global Trade Growth in First Half
Artificial intelligence-related goods accounted for nearly half of the overall growth in world merchandise trade in the first…
South Korea exports beat forecasts as AI drives chip sales to record
Ships sit under construction in a dry dock at a Hyundai Mipo Dockyard shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea,…
Strong Economic Data Masks Growing Strains from 2025 Tariffs
The American economy demonstrated resilience in the second quarter of 2025, with GDP growing 3.8% according to a…
EU appeals ‘into the void’ WTO ruling on RI biodiesel exports – Economy
he European Union plans to appeal a World Trade Organization ruling against Brussels’ import duties imposed on biodiesel…
The US has formally started joint review of USMCA
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is up for a joint review in July 2026. Last week, the Office of…
Trade war and the dollar anchor
Rising tariffs and the United States’ retreat from international trade may threaten the dollar’s status as the world’s…
China to stop claiming special WTO benefits that rankled US
China will no longer claim the benefits available to developing nations at the World Trade Organization, removing a…
WTO | 2025 Press Releases – European Union pledges EUR 5 million to Phase Three of EIF support for LDCs
The commitment was also marked at a short ceremony attended by WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and EIF Executive…
Are President Trump’s tariffs legal?
On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump declared that foreign trade and economic practices had created a “national…