India’s Modification process

Eight months after coming to power, what has Narendra Modi done for Indian trade? When Narendra Modi was elected as Continue reading →

The German question

For the first time in a lifetime, fears were raised last year over the health of Germany’s exports sector. Should we Continue reading →

Searching for the Qingdao Whale

Earlier this year, a committee of the Chinese Political Advisory Board devoted a full morning to tackling one of the Continue reading →

The innocent Britons failed by banks and government on Iranian sanctions

Graham Barber’s daughter runs a business selling carpets in the south of England. Some of the rugs come from Pakistan, Continue reading →

Narendra Modi celebrates victory as WTO lives to fight another day

Officials have been queuing up to welcome the news that India and the US reached the agreement on food security Continue reading →

Is Vladimir Putin’s Russia killing Germany’s famous exports sector?

Vladimir Putin is using this weekend’s G20 Summit in Brisbane as an opportunity to warn western governments of the futility of Continue reading →

Is China’s trade slowdown anything to worry about?

Analysis for IBT China’s exports and imports both grew by levels well below what was expected in November, yet its Continue reading →

Should we care so much about GDP?

For 75 years now, gross domestic product (GDP) has been the economic equivalent of an early morning thermometer in the Continue reading →