WCR Best International Financial Services Partner 2025
World Commerce Review is pleased to announce that BVI Finance has been awarded the WCR Best International Financial Services Partner 2025.
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Global trade
WCR Best Trade Finance Bank 2025
World Commerce Review is pleased to announce that Euro Exim Bank Limited has been awarded the WCR Best Trade Finance Bank 2025 for the sixth year running.
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Disregarding lessons from history
History is full of evidence that tariffs harm economic performance. Michael Bordo and Mickey Levy assess the two waves of globalisation in modern history and how they were interrupted by tariffs and barriers to trade, and outline possible scenarios and probable outcomes
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Geopolitical risks and the EU
Global political tensions have amplified economic uncertainty. Roberta Arbolino and Paolo Di Caro evaluate the negative implications for consumption, investment, and saving decisions, and for the effectiveness of structural policies
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How the EU should plan for global trade transformation
Ignacio García Bercero argues that the current turbulence being experienced by the world economy is also an opportunity for the EU to forge a coalition in support of rules-based trade and global trading system reform
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What should the EU aim for?
The European Union is a pillar of the trading system. Ignacio García Bercero argues the EU should plan for both the short term and the long haul in trade talks with the United States
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Challenges of the G20
Lesetja Kganyago discusses the strengths, achievements, and challenges of the G20, particularly focusing on how process issues hinder effective policy formulation, emphasizing the need for a more focused agenda and streamlined processes to enhance the G20’s effectiveness
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Tariffs cannot fund the government
In the past most government spending was funded from import tariffs. Simon Evenett and Marc-Andreas Muendler discuss whether this practice could work today, paying attention to the displacement effect on revenues
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Is the international monetary system unfair?
Agnès Bénassy-Quéré considers the idea that there could be lasting reversal of exchange rates following an international currency agreement highly speculative, and argues that a multipolar system would attenuate the Triffin dilemma and provide the US with a deficit-adjustment tool
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A strategic response to tariffs
The tariff policy of the United States is coming to light. Ignacio García Bercero argues that the European Union should reinforce European leadership and seek allies as part of a strategy on US tariffs, and should not get sucked into US decoupling from China
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