During his speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos today, US President Donald Trump argued for the “ownership to defend” Greenland. A rambling keynote speech leaves a lot… read more →
Two major international trade deals have been in quick succession this week, involving the European Union and the South American trade bloc Mercosur on the one hand, and China and… read more →
Listen to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podbean, Podtail, ListenNotes, TuneIn When Russian tanks rolled into the Donbas, Sumy, Kherson and other regions of Ukraine in the early morning of 22 February 2022, the world… read more →
Amid the many uncertainties of international shipping, some parameters – and routes – are welcome havens, remaining unchanged no matter the global turbulence. The India-Europe shipping lane, which enables Europe… read more →
On Wednesday, 14 January, the Malaysian state-run energy company announced it had signed a two-year contract to resume South-East Asian energy trade, reviving an agreement that had lapsed in 2024.… read more →
Fraud remains one of the biggest challenges facing UK businesses today. The latest Office for National Statistics figures show that there were more than four million incidents of fraud in… read more →
Home to nearly a tenth of the world’s population and some of its fastest-growing economies, South-East Asia is rising faster than ever. In the turbulent past year, the region has… read more →
Export Finance Australia (EFA), Australia’s export credit agency, announced this week its intention to support two Australian rare earth mining companies in developing projects in Brazil. The EFA signed two… read more →
Announced yesterday, 29 December 2025, Ecobank Group’s memorandum with Bank of China (Mauritius) follows Standard Bank’s integration with China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System in November. Both initiatives aim to reduce… read more →
When Trump’s April 2025 tariffs landed, Lesotho faced a 50% levy, the highest of any US trading partner. For textile micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) that had built businesses… read more →
