Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer

Cookies on FT Sites

We use cookies for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.

Accept & continue
Manage cookies
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
myFT
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • Americas
    • Middle East and North Africa
    Most Read
    • ‘Slow’ UK response to AstraZeneca side-effects alarms experts
    • Concerns rise about spread of coronavirus variant in London
    • Former world leaders call on Biden to suspend Covid-19 vaccine patents
    • EU bets big on BioNTech/Pfizer jab as Danes stop giving AstraZeneca
    • US signals new approach to war with Afghan withdrawal
  • US
    Sections
    • US Home
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
    Most Read
    • Biden imposes tough new sanctions on Moscow
    • Coinbase valued at $76bn in coming-of-age moment for cryptocurrency
    • Investors brace for ‘major shift’ as momentum and value collide
    • Citigroup to exit most of its Asian consumer businesses
    • Former world leaders call on Biden to suspend Covid-19 vaccine patents
  • Companies
    Sections
    • Companies Home
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
    Most Read
    • Morgan Stanley reports $911m Archegos losses
    • Mercedes kick-starts Tesla offensive with luxury electric car
    • Pfizer chief says people will probably require yearly Covid booster shot
    • Citigroup to exit most of its Asian consumer businesses
    • Cameron pitched Greensill’s services to German government official
  • Tech
  • Markets
    Sections
    • Markets Home
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    Most Read
    • Loose monetary policy is today’s biggest market risk
    • Further reading
    • Regulators keep watchful eye on remote workers
    • O2-Virgin Media £31bn merger cleared by UK competition watchdog
    • Global stocks have a mixed day as US earnings season kicks off
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    Sections
    • Opinion Home
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
    Most Read
    • Flying cars finally prepare for take-off
    • Bernard Madoff, criminal financier, 1938-2021
    • If you believe, they put a Dogecoin on the moon
    • Wall Street banks are pulling ahead of the Europeans again
    • Bid to forge ‘Global Britain’ can’t ignore Cairn’s India debt
  • Work & Careers
    Sections
    • Work & Careers Home
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    Most Read
    • The cross-border pitfalls of ‘working from anywhere’
    • A reading list to prepare for a post-pandemic age
    • I am 76 — should I reveal my age when applying for board positions?
    • What a bleak AI future tells us about how to work now
    • FT launches its annual business book prize
  • Life & Arts
    Sections
    • Life & Arts Home
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
    Most Read
    • The vanishing billionaire: how Jack Ma fell foul of Xi Jinping
    • Why we shouldn’t worry about Covid vaccine blood clots
    • Prince Philip and the art of wearing formal clothes casually
    • Forget identity politics: economics is what matters now
    • Graphene: the holy grail of trail shoes?
  • How to Spend It
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
MenuSearch
  • Home
  • World
  • US
  • Companies
  • Tech
  • Markets
  • Climate
  • Opinion
  • Work & Careers
  • Life & Arts
  • How to Spend It
Financial Times
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe

Global trade

Add to myFT Digest

Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox

  • Friday, 16 April, 2021
    Helen Thomas
    Bid to forge ‘Global Britain’ can’t ignore Cairn’s India debt

    Trade department reluctant to engage in dispute with New Delhi ahead of Boris Johnson trip

  • Friday, 16 April, 2021
    News in-depthTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
    TSMC faces pressure to choose a side in US-China tech war

    Washington attempts to draw chipmaker crucial to global supply chain closer into its orbit

  • Thursday, 15 April, 2021
    Brexit
    MEPs back UK trade deal as efforts mount to ease Brexit tensions

    EU Brexit commissioner Maros Sefcovic will meet UK counterpart David Frost for talks on Thursday

  • Thursday, 15 April, 2021
    Brexit Briefing
    Sefcovic walks fine line in search for Northern Ireland breakthrough Premium

    Northern Ireland offers violent backdrop to crunch UK-EU meeting

  • Thursday, 15 April, 2021
    Trade Secrets
    EU will struggle to shift euro clearing from London Premium

    Cost of trading derivatives likely to be critical factor if current arrangement expires

  • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Former world leaders call on Biden to suspend Covid-19 vaccine patents

    Gordon Brown one of 175 figures urging action to boost inoculation rates in the developing world

  • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
    Container shipping
    Ever Given seized as Egypt seeks $900m compensation

    Vessel that blocked Suez Canal is impounded as talks continue over who foots the bill

  • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
    Trade Secrets
    If China demands less steel, Australian exporters will suffer Premium

    Rising commodity prices might help but relying on Chinese imports of iron ore looks unwise

  • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    China’s high stakes engagement with Iran

    A strategic partnership deal will raise alarm in Washington

  • Promoted Content
  • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
    News in-depthBrexit
    How French companies are also being hit hard by Brexit

    Pain from EU-UK trade deal has not only been felt by British businesses and consumers

  • Monday, 12 April, 2021
    Trade Secrets
    Collateral trade benefit of Biden’s tax reform Premium

    It’s not the main aim, but it could be a useful side effect of the plans

  • Sunday, 11 April, 2021
    Brexit
    UK MPs and business figures seek to improve Brexit trade deal

    New commission will look for ways to reduce trade friction between the UK and EU

  • Sunday, 11 April, 2021
    Brexit
    EU and UK edge towards accord on trade rules for Northern Ireland

    An agreement on implementation of Brexit deal could help defuse tensions in Belfast

  • Sunday, 11 April, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    UK must act to counter Northern Ireland violence

    Accord on operation of Brexit protocol could aid restoration of trust

  • Sunday, 11 April, 2021
    Rana Foroohar
    Why manufacturing matters to economic superpowers

    Reshoring makes sense for some industries as competition rises between the US and China

  • Sunday, 11 April, 2021
    Container shipping
    Maersk warns real work to clear Suez backlog has only just begun

    World’s largest shipping company says global supply chains are likely to be disrupted until second half of May

  • Sunday, 11 April, 2021
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    China’s ‘wolf warriors’ refuse to back down

    Beijing’s foreign policy is raising tensions and threatens a trade deal but a new approach is unlikely

  • Thursday, 8 April, 2021
    US-China relations
    US adds Chinese supercomputing companies to export blacklist

    Biden administration tightens controls on technologies it says are helping China’s military

  • Thursday, 8 April, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Brussels fails to win round critics of tighter Covid vaccine export curbs

    Berlin warns move to scrap exemptions for Western Balkans could cause ‘reputational damage’ to EU

  • Thursday, 8 April, 2021
    Trade Secrets
    The challenge of blocking Chinese cotton to help the Uyghurs Premium

    Any action taken by the west to combat use of forced labour is riddled with complexity

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    Container shipping
    Liners smash decade-old record for container ship orders

    Bumper month sign of industry’s confidence in booming global trade following pandemic

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    Trade Secrets
    Biden administration in push for a global corporate tax Premium

    Levy would raise burden on businesses substantially but plans will face big obstacles

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    Special Report
    Rethinking Supply Chains

    From the US-China trade war, to Brexit, to pandemic-led delays to manufacturing and shipping, the global supply chain is firmly in the spotlight. How is the business of trade adapting in a changing world? This is the second of a three-part series

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    UK trade
    Nematodes become latest casualty of post-Brexit trade glitches

    Slug-killing worms’ path to the EU blocked by bureaucracy since January 1

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    Special ReportRethinking Supply Chains
    Shipping groups prepare for more ‘black swan’ events after Suez blockage

    Container companies buy into other parts of the supply chain, including warehousing and distribution

Previous You are on page 1 Next

Topics related to Trade/import/export

Useful links

Support

View Site TipsHelp CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilitymyFT TourCareers

Legal & Privacy

Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

Services

FT LiveShare News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsGroup SubscriptionsRepublishingContracts & Tenders
Executive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on TwitterFT TransactSecondary Schools

Tools

PortfolioToday's Newspaper (ePaper)Alerts HubBusiness School Rankings
Enterprise ToolsNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter
More from the FT Group
Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2021. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
Financial Times

International Edition

  • Switch to UK Edition
  • Top sections
  • Home
  • World
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • Americas
    • Middle East and North Africa
  • US
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
  • Companies
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
  • Tech
  • Markets
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
  • Work & Careers
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
  • Life & Arts
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
  • Personal Finance
    • Property & Mortgages
    • Investments
    • Pensions
    • Tax
    • Banking & Savings
    • Advice & Comment
    • Next Act
  • How to Spend It
  • Special Reports
  • FT recommends
  • Graphics
  • Lex
  • Alphaville
  • Lunch with the FT
  • FT Globetrotter
  • #techAsia
  • Moral Money
  • FTfm
  • Newsletters
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • News feed
  • myFT
  • Portfolio
  • Today's Newspaper (ePaper)
  • Crossword
  • Our Apps
  • Help Centre
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In