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Ships and shipping containers are pictured at the port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, US, 30 January 2019. Photo: REUTERS

Container rate surge enters longest stretch since the pandemic

The rate for a 40-foot container to Genoa, Italy, from China hit $7,029 over the past week, the highest level since September 2022, according to the Drewry World Container Index released Thursday....

The Tiger Express service(TEX service) of Germany's Tailwind Shipping Lines has launched to ship containers between Chattogram port and Europe, especially to transport textile goods. Photo: TBS

Realignment of global trade: The good, the bad and the in-between

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UN trade body voices concern over escalating disruptions to global trade

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Container rates soar on concerns of prolonged Red Sea disruption, inflation

The world's first methanol-fueled container vessel Laura Maersk, owned by shipping company Maersk, is seen in Copenhagen, Denmark September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen/File Photo

Shipping firms impose extra fees as Red Sea attacks hit global trade

Containers are seen on the Maersk's Triple-E giant container ship Majestic Maersk, one of the world's largest container ships, as it sails in the Strait of Gibraltar towards the port of Algeciras, Spain January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo

Global trade to drop 5% this year amid geopolitical headwinds

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Global trade slows, but 'green goods' grow

Central bankers’ refusal to embark into ‘hard helicopter money’ experiment have been a good idea. Photo: Reuters

The world's most painful trade is finally ending as dollar peaks

World Economic Forum Geneva Managing Director Saadia Zahidi, Dean at the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) Arancha Gonzalez Laya, Governor of the State of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer, Leader of the Democratic Forces of Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and journalist and activist Masih Alinejad attend the session "Women's Leadership: Towards Parity in Power" during the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023 in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland, January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

DAVOS 2023: WTO sticks with 1% projection for growth in global trade

Shipping containers at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, US.Photographer: Tim Rue/Bloomberg

Fresh fragility in global trade set to be revealed in 2023

FILE PHOTO: Li Chenggang, China?s Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), gestures during an interview with Reuters aside of a ministerial meeting to discuss a draft agreement on curbing subsidies for the fisheries industry in Geneva, Switzerland, July 15, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

China calls US 'destroyer' of global trading system at WTO

The US-European Union Trade and Technology Council, an influential new economic coordination forum, held its third session on 5 December. From left are EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai.Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg

The most important global trade group you've never heard of

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Geopolitical rivalries are transforming the contours of trade