The US and China have extended their trade truce till January. Meanwhile, EU-China export/import imbalances persist with sticking points, including voluntary export curbs and industrial policy reform.
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The African shoreline is now much more valuable to outsiders who want to monitor, contain or outflank the waterway opposite them.
With the declining power of financial sanctions, many countries are now physically boarding ships to enforce scattershot rules of trade, conflict and commerce.
Amid the ongoing energy crisis, climate economics experts assess how much export credit agencies are actually driving the shift to lower-carbon as they focus financing on green energy.
The nature of globalisation is changing dramatically.
US consumers, already feeling pain at the gas pump, can expect higher prices and prolonged shortages for goods of all sorts, including food, as additional consequences of slowed oil production.
Dangerous events forcing shipping companies to sail along the Cape sea route are increasing in frequency.
Gulf states depend on food imported via the strait – and shipping surcharges could raise the cost of consumer goods around the world.
Iran has warned it could close down the strait, through which 20% of the world’s oil transits each day.
The country remains the world’s largest consumer.
When the US invited more than 50 countries to discuss a new club to share critical minerals, China was not invited. Will Australia be forced to pick a side?
Businesses have been making short-term adjustments to absorb tariff shocks – it’s not an approach that can last forever.
China has more than made up for the hit to its US-bound exports.
Small businesses in Australia and New Zealand navigate sanctions through loopholes and grey zones. But they run big risks if they get it wrong, deliberately or not.
Trump’s influence looms large at the Cop30 climate talks in Brazil.
The old system of US-led multilateralism has ended. What will replace it remains unclear.
False video ads for French luxury bags made in China promised unbeatable prices. Buying a fake may come with a potentially high cost.
The winners and losers (so far) in Trump’s trade gamble.
Kits that help people grow their own golden oyster mushrooms at home may be one reason this nonnative species is now spreading in the wild.
The stretch of water borders the coastline of several Middle East countries, including Iran, and is vital for the global oil trade.
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