Global trade volume growth in 2025 is expected to hit 2.4%, up sharply from a previous estimate. For 2026, however, the organization slashed its previous expectation of 1.8% trade volume growth to a ...

The global trade system has remained resilient despite the U.S.' introduction of import tariffs on multiple goods from multiple countries, the WTO's chief told CNBC. Trump, the architect of U.S.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with former US trade representative and Council on Foreign Relations President Michael Froman about how global trade moves forward in the midst of President Trump's tariffs.

Amid the headlines and noise of the latest tariffs from Washington and the growing fears about the state of global trade, a quiet movement to support free and open commerce is taking place in world ...

Recent shifts in trade policy have renewed debates about tariff structures and their influence on both national and global economies. The discussion centers on current tariff rates imposed on major ...

Few major trading partners have been spared the import taxes, which have already disrupted supply chains and are expected to drive up prices for Americans. Tony Romm and River Akira Davis Tony Romm ...

The sweeping tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on April 2, along with the subsequent postponements and retaliations, have unleashed an enormous amount of global uncertainty. Much of the ...

We introduce a nowcasting model of global maritime trade, leveraging satellite-based big data on vessel movements. This provides a timely indicator of global trade as shipping accounts for about 80 ...

President Trump’s barrage of tariff increases threatened to chill global trade flows, but commercial exchanges continued to increase as most of the international commerce system functions as it did ...