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On September 26, 2022, in the context of a speech delivered to the Graduate Institute’s “Geneva Trade Week”, WTO’s Deputy Director-General Jean-Marie emphasised the need to mix classical trade policy and environmental sustainability to shape the sustainable trade policy of

The US Inflation Reduction Act and the related possibility of enacted electric vehicle (EV) subsidies which might threaten Asian automakers represent a serious concern for South Korea. However, the United States said to understand such concerns and ensured that the

As indicated by the last data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, freight rates fall as the reduced demand for goods leads to a slowdown in global trade volumes. Moreover, weaker cargo movement is responsible for the decrease in container and

The Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement (CRISI) Program, aimed at modernising US freight and passenger rail infrastructure, has recently been allocated more than US$1.4 billion, as revealed by USDOT, the US Department of Transportation. More specifically, the Program has

The WTO Goods Trade Barometer, an indicator for world trade, provides for real-time information on the trajectory of merchandise trade. The latest Goods Trade Barometer published on August 23rd was below the recent trend line for merchandise trade: although the

  The UN Committee on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has launched a new package aimed at building resilience across the maritime supply chain, following a series of crisis – including COVID-19 and the Ukraine crisis – that have highlighted the weaknesses