Global merchandise trade will decelerate less sharply this year than the World Trade Organization predicted six months ago, ...

The supply interruptions and attacks on energy infrastructure, especially oil and gas, have reduced output and exports ...

The trade organization said that a slowdown in trade in 2026 could become even more extreme if the war in the Middle East ...

Growth in world trade in goods will slow down markedly to 1.9% this ‌year from 4.6% in 2025 and could decelerate even more if ...

The Middle East war could weigh heavily on already slowing global trade, the World Trade Organization warns, saying ...

Goldman Sachs analysis finds the Iran war will boost oil prices, increase inflation and reduce global GDP growth, but is ...

GENEVA — The Middle East war could weigh heavily on already slowing global trade, potentially threatening global food ...

Global oil and gas prices have surged as the Iran war has brought the crucial Strait of Hormuz crossing to a halt.

Francois Vreÿ received funding from the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung for Freedom in 2022 and 2023. Events in the Middle East during February and March 2026 again disrupted the flows of shipping trade to ...

Ripples from the conflict are snarling trade far from the Middle East.

In the aftermath of a Supreme Court ruling that his use of an emergency statute to prosecute a global trade war was illegal, Donald Trump turned to other federal laws to achieve his ends. He quickly ...