Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The United States, like the U.K., is a services driven economy. So it follows, at ...

Trade practitioners in government, academia, research institutes and businesses will be pleased to know that the Statistics Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs has developed a ...

Statistics Canada has delayed another release of international merchandise trade data due to the U.S. government shutdown.

Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest on the transformative forces shaping the global economy, delivered every Thursday.

The United States set records for total merchandise trade, total imports and its trade deficit in 2024, but fell 0.09% short of the export record, according to my analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data ...

“Undoubtedly, the most critical aspect of protecting trade secrets and managing private data is being proactive.” Innovation continues across industries at a rapid pace. Many companies maintain highly ...

The world trade flows data were compiled by Robert Feenstra of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Two versions of the data are available. The most recent version of the data covers the ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The most important part of the IMF’s latest assessment of China is—alas—the ...

“A picture is worth a thousand words”. This is as true for data as it is for art. With the advent of big data, there is a tremendous need to manage, interpret and communicate it effectively – because ...

The World Bank, alongside the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and partners like the International Trade Center, United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), and the World ...

After its biggest earnings miss in two years and stock plunge, Target laid some of the blame on the recent U.S. ports strike, citing higher freight costs it absorbed as a result of preemptive action ...

Data from South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources showed that the country's exports reached $640.2 billion in ...