Reorienting Africa’s Gold Trade for Shared Prosperity: Partnership and Policy Solutions for Inclusive Growth
By Kenneth D. Johnson
Africa’s gold trade loses billions annually to illicit flows, eroding growth and opportunity. Johnson outlines a transformative approach: local refineries, traceability...
Making Trade Easier Supports Sustainable Development
By Attila Jámbor
The TRADE4SD project explored how trade can contribute to sustainable development when supported by fair and coherent policies. While trade enables growth,...
Dark Lessons of Prewar Protectionism: From Tariff Wars to Global Fragmentation
By Dan Steinbock
The new Trump administration’s tariff wars are causing costly, even dangerous global fragmentation, with coercive unilateralism...
What Soft Commodities are Worth Investing in Q3 2025?
By Edward Nikulin
The global agricultural landscape is witnessing a series of significant shifts that are reshaping export dynamics and supply chains. America's abundant harvests...
Trump’s Tariffs Threat to the Global South
By Dan Steinbock
With its misguided tariff wars, the Trump administration is not only disrupting historical trade ties with the world’s largest economies, but...
The Geneva Connection: How the Trump Tariffs Penalize US-China Ties and Global Economic Prospects
By Dan Steinbock
Despite de-escalation in Geneva, trillions of dollars may have been lost in the unwarranted trade wars.
In early May, international headlines reported on...
Returning to Protectionism: The Shift in United States Trade Policy
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
In an era increasingly shaped by trade wars and shifting geopolitical priorities, Kalim Siddiqui explores the United States’ departure from its...
Redefining the Lobster Trade: A Call for Transparency, Traceability, and Fairness in the Global...
By Justin Maderia and Travis Maderia
The global lobster industry sits at a crossroads, grappling with the rising demand for sustainable seafood and a growing...
The Shadow of Tariffs is Not Healthy for the Trans-Atlantic Wine Industry
By Nathalie Spielmann
The threat of 200 percent tariffs on European wine and Champagne imports by the US government has fuelled market instability and uncertainty....
US Trade Wars and Military Globalization Spark Complex Alignments
By Dan Steinbock
Thanks to President Trump’s new round of international tariffs, global economy is now at the risk of unraveling. This is...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
The Performance and Transformation Orchestrator: The CFO’s New Mandate in the Age of AI
By Terence Tse
CFOs are evolving into AI-driven transformation orchestrators, balancing finance, technology, and strategy while upskilling teams, managing risks, and driving measurable business value.
A key insight from this year’s AI for CFOs event, organized...
