WTO: AI trade boom will lift global shipping in 2025, but tariffs threaten to stall momentum in 2026

Global trade has outperformed expectations in the first half of 2025, prompting the World Trade Organization to sharply revise its growth forecast upwards to 2.4% – a significant jump from its August estimate of just 0.9%. However, the bleak outlook for 2026 tempers the optimism, with the World Trade Organization forecasting trade growth to slow…

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Inside the global Port Power Wars

When ships cross oceans, the invisible lines of influence that follow them no longer belong only to navies or flags. They follow the reach of terminal operators, the multinational giants whose equity stakes now extend across the main arteries of global trade. From the ports of Europe to coastal Africa, ownership of port infrastructure has…

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