AJOT Newsroom | March 31, 2026 | International Trade | Commodity
The trade of global fertilizer and ammonia faces intense pressure due to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz as diplomatic talks between the US and Iran remain uncertain.
Reuters | March 30, 2026 | International Trade
World Trade Organization talks broke up on Monday with no agreement on a plan for reform or even on extending a moratorium on e-commerce, piling more pressure on the trade body that finds itself increasingly sidelined by economic nationalism.
Two Democratic members of Congress are pressing the Commerce Department for detailed data on U.S. exports of semi-automatic weapons, citing concerns that legally exported American firearms are fueling criminal violence and arming cartels across the Western Hemisphere.
U.S. consumers and importers take the vast majority of the financial hit from tariffs but trade volumes also suffer, resulting in a negative shock for exporters, too, a European Central Bank Economic Bulletin article said on Monday.
Reuters | March 27, 2026 | Energy | Alternative | International Trade
One of his best customers recently asked John Axelberg to invest $800,000 to double the output of the tubular frames his factory here churns out for large-scale solar energy farms.
AJOT Newsroom | March 27, 2026 | International Trade
Four weeks on from the start of the Iran war, and the conflict continues to severely affect the Gulf economies. I
Over the past five years, there has been considerable volatility in the fertilizer markets, from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the more recent military conflict in the Middle East that has disrupted maritime transit routes.
Reuters | March 27, 2026 | International Trade
Canadian wholesale trade most likely rose 2.3% in February from January, largely driven by higher sales in the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories subsector, Statistics Canada said in a flash estimate on Friday.
Canada and South America’s Mercosur bloc are advancing towards a free-trade agreement that could be signed by the end of the year, with more negotiations scheduled for next month in Brasilia, according to three sources familiar with the talks.
Reuters | March 26, 2026 | International Trade
Two U.S. senators on Thursday planned to introduce a bill that would ban the government from buying or operating humanoid robots made by Chinese firms.
AJOT Newsroom | March 26, 2026 | International Trade | Commodity | Maritime | Bulk
Indonesia continues to absorb excess Chinese steel in 2026.
The WTO chief called on countries on Thursday to overhaul global trade rules, telling them the old world order had gone for good, following a year of turmoil sparked by U.S. tariffs and wider geopolitical tensions.
The head of the World Trade Organization said on Thursday the multilateral system has fundamentally changed and that countries must look to the future to consider how to reform the global trade system.
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