AI holds the power to transform trade, offering opportunities to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and empower smaller players in the global market. However, it also introduces complexities and ethical dilemmas. The question remains to be seen: will it bridge gaps, lower barriers, and drive innovation? Or will it create hurdles, deepen inequalities, and exacerbate existing challenges?
On February 18, the EU launched its “Vision for Agriculture and Food,” a comprehensive roadmap developed through extensive consultations to boost the agricultural sector’s resilience, competitiveness, and sustainability, focusing on innovation, technology, and improved living conditions for farmers.
It’s been a long few weeks since Donald Trump began his second presidential term on 20 January. Trade observers braced themselves for a flurry of trade actions. The question, as always with Trump, was what would stick.
Figures from Ireland’s Central Statistics Office revealed that while overall exports soared, trade with the UK fell by more than €6 billion last year, highlighting the ongoing impact of post-Brexit… read more →
This comes just weeks after the country dropped export taxes for grains and oil on 27 January in an effort to help farmers hit by a drought which hit most… read more →
A new wave of Trump trade policies targeting Chinese imports of consumer goods from budget online stores like Shein and Temu showcase Trump’s continued efforts to curb foreign imports, using… read more →
The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPA), a wide-ranging bilateral trade pact the UAE has signed with 6 countries from India to Israel, contributed to boosting growth and increasingly diverse trading… read more →
Some speculated, and others hoped, that Donald Trump’s promises of brutal tariffs were merely an election-winning tactic to frenzy his domestic fanbase. But on 1 February 2025, less than two… read more →
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As billions of Chinese across the world usher in the Lunar New Year today, the Year of the Dragon will give way to the Year of the Snake. For those… read more →
