Global Economy

  

Redrawing the global trade map

Liberation Day raised an immediate question in policy circles: would other countries follow suit? Barthélémy Bonadio, Andrei Levchenko and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar study the implications of the US withdrawal from free trade

   

WCR Best Trade Finance Bank 2026

World Commerce Review is pleased to announce that Euro Exim Bank Limited has been awarded the WCR Best Trade Finance Bank 2026 for the seventh year running.

   

How the ledger controls monetary sovereignty and global power

Laurence B Mussio and Paul Samson explore how the ledger has proven more sovereign and powerful than the sword. In today’s era of digital currencies and evolving geopolitics around payment systems, they illuminate how global power will continue to rest with those who control the ledger

  

A plan to revitalise the WTO

The WTO is experiencing a serious crisis arising from tensions that are internal to the global trading system. Ignacio García Bercero identifies four critical areas for WTO reform to reinforce the rules-based trading system

   

How to get the green and the deal

Europe is recalibrating its industrial policy in response to external challenges. Maive Rute, Frank Vandermeeren and Anca Dumitrescu investigate the goals of this recalibrated approach and the key components for success

   

A way out via the Strait of Hormuz

The US–Iran relationship appears to be at its lowest point in decades. Simon Johnson and Amir Kermani describe how the twin blockades of the Strait of Hormuz create the possibility of a time-consistent agreement linking the nuclear issue, sanctions relief, and uninterrupted navigation