CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New findings from DP World's Global Trade Observatory show companies across the Americas are prioritizing supplier diversification, faster and more predictable customs, and expanded logistics capacity as they navigate complex cross-border trade environments.

Globalization has long been regarded as an unstoppable wave in the world of international trade and cooperation, promoting economic growth and cultural exchanges all over the world. However, in recent years, several obstacles have emerged that threaten to ...

Amid the headlines and noise of the latest tariffs from Washington and the growing fears about the state of global trade, a quiet movement to support free and open commerce is taking place in world capitals from Auckland to Abu Dhabi, and from Singapore to ...

President Donald Trump’s protectionist stance is undoing decades of free trade policies. Since taking office for his second term, Trump has imposed a series of tariffs on goods and countries, which include a 10% baseline import tax and a 145% tariff ...

The rewiring of global trade is not a temporary disruption, but a structural shift with enduring implications. Rising tariffs, export controls, and investment restrictions are reconfiguring established trade and investment patterns. Regional manufacturing ...

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GENEVA (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence could boost the value of trade in goods and services by nearly 40% by 2040, but without adequate policies it could also exacerbate economic divides, a new World Trade Organization report warned on Wednesday.

BRANTFORD, Ontario (AP) — Wearing protective gloves and earplugs, a worker feeds lengths of wood into a machine that makes an earsplitting whine as it automatically cuts a groove into the end of each piece. Nearby, stacks of wooden wedges wait to be ...

I’ve recently read two books that help clarify the competing sides in today’s growing intellectual debate over free trade, globalization, and neoliberalism. On one side is Trade Wars Are Class Wars (2020), by Matthew Klein and Michael Pettis—a ...

Since at least the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, major media outlets have decried the impending end of globalization. These lamentations have only accelerated since the Trump administration declared April 2 “Liberation Day,” with our trading ...

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer talks about potential alternative tariff strategies and revenue refunds on ‘Special Report.’