How to trade surprise economic data
The past 18 months or so have been dominated by the release of economic data, with traders and investors looking…
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Standard Chartered and IFC renew commitment to boost global trade by $6bn
Standard Chartered and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have announced the signing of a $700m investment in the IFC’s Global…
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The Energy Charter Treaty has not aged well
Over a year ago, the International Energy Agency (IEA) called for an immediate end to fossil fuel expansion if the…
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How is global trade coping with the age of uncertainty?
For the past two years, data scientists at Tradeshift have been analysing billions of dollars worth of transactions across our…
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Which countries rely on Russian trade?
A UN vote concluded on 2 March 2022, overwhelmingly condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It also demanded a full…
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The impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on trade
Ukraine-Russia Conflict Disruptions to Global Trade Feared In 2020, many economies around the world contracted due to the Covid-19 pandemic,…
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How supply chains became headline news
A strange thing has happened over the past two Covid-affected years. On top of the tragic death toll and lives…
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Where are industries clustered in the UK?
In 1980, Financial Times journalist Peta Levi coined the term 'the Cambridge phenomenon', which she used to describe the spur…
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Supply Chain Vulnerability Index shows wide gulf between US and China
Supply chains have been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic over the past two years. Now, as many countries in…
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The relationship between trade and investment in the UK
The UK typically has a trade deficit for goods and a trade surplus for services, meaning it imports more goods…
