The global airfreight industry wrapped up 2025 on a historic high, setting record volumes even amid persistent geopolitical uncertainty, tariff disruptions,

Global financial markets have opened 2026 with contrasting trade patterns that reflect deeper structural changes reshaping international trade relationships. Investors are grappling with unprecedented challenges as traditional economic patterns give way to ...

An early look at U.S. trade patterns in May showed a 11% jump in the nation's trade deficit, reflecting a resumption of imports after the Trump administration lowered high tariffs on China and other countries. The trade gap in goods — services are ...

The US is reliant on a complex network of intertwined global supply chains for its substantial imports of arms and ammunition - supply chains that include China, for now. As the US de-risks its trading relationship with China, the door will open for other ...

Jeff Bartel is chairman and managing director of Hamptons Group, a private investment and strategic advisory firm headquartered in Miami. New tariffs are influencing global real estate investment strategies as investors reevaluate their capital deployment ...

Visa (NYSE: V) has projected a steady yet transformative year ahead for the world economy. According to the company’s 2026 Global Economic Outlook, worldwide GDP is expected to expand by 2.7% this year, a slight dip from the 2.9% growth recorded in 2025.

This paper introduces the Bilateral Trade in Services (BiTS) research dataset. BiTS draws primarily on the non-estimated trade values from the OECD-WTO Balanced Trade in Services (BaTIS) database, which serves as the cornerstone of this work. By ...

Bilateral trade balances may not matter economically. For example, skeptics of the $100 billion drop in imports from China last year may say goods were routed to the US via Mexico or Vietnam. But that doesn’t seem to be the case. Skeptics may say China ...