March is a time to celebrate the achievements of women and recognize the challenges they still face in breaking through barriers. One area where women have made significant progress is in international business and trade. In this article, we will explore the role of...
Building on the insights from our first article in this series, let’s dive further into the current state of global trade and its future prospects, Trade Landscape in 2023 – Part 1 can be read here. China Rivalry As China increases both its economic might...
A look back at 2022 underscores the extent to which the covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine dominated the trade landscape. In 2023, Russia’s continued aggression and its impact on Ukraine’s productive capacity and on struggling supply chains as well as punitive...
A report from the US Congressional Research Service shared that 166,384 small businesses in the United States currently export, accounting for about 26% of all U.S. exports and about 96% of all exporters. With roughly three-quarters of world purchasing power and...
Source: BARBADOS BUSINESS AUTHORITY Published: Monday, November 14, 2022 By Shawn Cumberbatch Private sector firms in Barbados and 11 other English-speaking Caribbean countries are just scratching the service of their services and goods trade potential with the United...
Trade wars, real wars, Brexit dislocations, and a pandemic have created strong imperatives for companies to re-engineer their supply chains. An April 2020 survey found that 83% of multinational executives were contemplating so-called “reshoring” or “nearshoring”....
