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10/3/2020
Corona Update: What are the consequences for businesses?
The Corona / COVID-19 virus has spread to over ninety countries across the world. The number of people getting infected is still rising, on the other hand, the number of people recovering from corona as well. What Countries Are Affected Most? A few countries have been hit harder than others by the …
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13/3/2020
Corona Update: The status of ocean freight and airfreight
Ships Sailing, but Where Are the Containers? Container shipping from China to Europe and the U.S. is starting up again. The backlog of containers waiting to be shipped out is slowly getting smaller. However, there are still a few challenges. Many sailings were blanked in the past weeks. Next to …
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3/9/2019
Trade Deals across the World: September Edition
In our last update on Trade Deals and Trade Agreements we told you about some of the deals Trump is working on, the largest regional trade deal to date in Asia, Mercosur, and then some. Mercosur Ratification of the Mercosur Trade Deal is moving forward in Europe, albeit slowly. An EU official …
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4/10/2019
Trade Deals across the World: October Edition
In last month’s update , we wrote about Mercosur, new trade deals for South Korea, several deals Trump is working on and some news on Serbia and Russia. The United Kingdom with South Africa and South Korea While talks about Brexit are still ongoing within the UK and between the UK and the EU, the …
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1/11/2019
Trade Deals across the World: November Edition
The UK with the United States There have been talks between the UK and the US on a post-Brexit trade deal. There has not been an agreement yet. The Independent has reported that Boris Johnson has taken several food-related safeguards out of the agreement at Trump’s request. Boris Johnson is paving …
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2/12/2019
Trade Deals across the World: December Edition
Another overview of trade deals in the news the past month. You can read last month’s update here . The World’s Biggest Trade Deal, but Without India The largest trade deal in the world is being negotiated in Asia. China has joined the 14 countries that have already agreed on the terms, but India …
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3/1/2020
Trade Deals Across the World: January Edition
It’s been quite the year when it comes to trade deals, as you may have read in our earlier editions (links at the bottom of this post). The month of December has been a bit slower when it comes to news on the trade deal front. We still found enough interesting snippets to share with you in this …
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11/5/2020
Trade Deals Around the World: May Edition
In most countries around the world, the focus has become internal, as countries battle to control the global coronavirus outbreak. Negotiations and implementations of trade deals are being affected by this. They are slowed down, and in the worst cases even stopped. Still, all is not quiet on the …
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4/6/2020
Trade Deals across the World: June Edition
More countries are starting to look outside their borders again and the trade agreement activity is picking up again. In this month’s edition, we bring you the most important news on the biggest trade deals and refer to some interesting reading material for the smaller ones. Our Trade Deal Around …
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20/12/2019
Happy Holidays and a prosperous 2020!
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Good luck to those working during the festive period and to those with time off: enjoy! A big thanks to our teams on all our locations for their great work this year and of course to our customers for trusting us. On behalf of all employees of …