Trade examines the rules that govern goods crossing borders: tariff schedules and exclusions, rules of origin, customs classification, export licensing and controls, and the agreements behind them. Explainers work each change through to landed cost on a named product. Useful for sourcing managers, trade counsel and manufacturers with international suppliers.
Trade examines the rules that govern goods crossing borders: tariff schedules and exclusions, rules of origin, customs classification, export licensing and controls, and the agreements behind them. Explainers work each change through to landed cost on a named product. Useful for sourcing managers, trade counsel and manufacturers with international suppliers.
The US dollar became the world's foremost reserve currency at Bretton Woods in 1944 and kept the role after the gold link ended. That status still shapes how goods are quoted and paid for across borders.
Monica Cummings · October 31, 2026
Ports handle most of the world's trade by value, and the standardized shipping container made it all move fast. A plain-language tour of the docks, cranes, and boxes behind world commerce.
Monica Cummings · October 10, 2026
Negotiators can settle a deal in years. Getting legislatures in every country to say yes takes longer, and sometimes kills the pact.
Priya Vaithilingam · October 2, 2026
A deficit measures one year of goods flows. It does not measure whether a country is winning, losing, or getting poorer.
Monica Cummings · September 26, 2026
The importer writes the check, but the bill travels down the supply chain to businesses and shoppers.
Priya Vaithilingam · September 24, 2026