Colombia Pays the Steep Cost of So-Called “Free” Trade by Don Quijones • Apr 7, 2016 • 8 Comments The bitter irony of a trade agreement.
First Ocean Freight Rates Collapse to “Zero,” China Freight Index Plunges to Record Low, Bailouts Loom by Wolf Richter • Mar 28, 2016 • 26 Comments The next stage of “Moral Hazard?”
Atlanta Fed’s 1st-Quarter GDPNow Forecast Plunges by Wolf Richter • Mar 28, 2016 • 23 Comments Kisses the Rosy Scenario goodbye.
World Trade Collapses in Dollars, Languishes in Volume by Wolf Richter • Mar 25, 2016 • 35 Comments This wasn’t part of the rosy scenario.
China Ocean Freight Indices Plunge to Record Lows by Wolf Richter • Mar 14, 2016 • 40 Comments There’s simply no respite.
Argentina Imports Still Closed For Business by Bianca Fernet • Feb 18, 2016 • 6 Comments Non-Transparency Means Corruption.
I’m in Awe at Just How Fast Global Trade is Unraveling by Wolf Richter • Feb 15, 2016 • 59 Comments It simply doesn’t let up.
“Worse than 2008”: World’s Largest Container Carrier on the Slowdown in Global Trade by Wolf Richter • Feb 10, 2016 • 30 Comments “Massive Deterioration,” the CEO called the phenomenon.
German Judges Pooh-Pooh Obama’s Sacred US-EU Trade Pact by Don Quijones • Feb 7, 2016 • 27 Comments A damning indictment.
Small Businesses in Europe Fear Getting Trampled by TTIP by Don Quijones • Jan 20, 2016 • 11 Comments The powers behind it are multinationals.