Category: International Trade

The move by President Xi Jinping to lift China’s zero-COVID strategy and ease travel restrictions has raised hopes that it may soften the blow of higher global interest rates, unleashing production lines and unlocking supply chains after a turbulent three years. From the 8th January 2023&nbs... Read more

For almost three years shippers, forwarders and carriers, across all modes, have battled unparalleled global supply chain disruptions and, as the massive consumer driven volumes finally subsides, some suggest that the “new normal” is manifesting on a global scale. The desire for norma... Read more

The Bank of England has predicted the UK’s recession may be the longest on record, but it is not expected to be deep and exports will play a critical role in shortening the downturn. The Secretary of State for International Trade, Kemi Badenoch, said earlier this month that we need to‘ge... Read more

Local economists insist that suggestions China production will migrate to Vietnam are overstated, despite workers not returning to factories operating in ‘closed loops’ and continuing lockdowns throughout China under the government's ‘zero COVID’ policy, most recently in Qingdao. But pr... Read more

The United Kingdom has an obligation to ensure that goods, technology or software are not exported into the wrong hands, or breach UK, UN or EU sanctions and anyone who exports goods or technology must comply with strict export control legislation. Compliance with export control legislation re... Read more

Post-pandemic globalisation is not dead, but as China’s zero-COVID strategy continues it is evolving, as buyers reassess China sourcing risks and diversification and the alternative production capacity that India offers is badly needed, particularly given that Vietnam and much of Southeast Asia... Read more

With the pound sterling at it’s lowest level for decades, UK exports are incredibly good value to overseas buyers, we review the post-Brexit trade deals, to channel the UK’s competitive export sectors. The UK has signed trade deals and agreements in principle with 71 countries and one with... Read more

The weakening pound creates winners and losers in international trade, with UK exporters, manufacturers and popular brands looking cheap to overseas buyers, while importers face higher input costs, which adds to the UK’s inflationary cycle. Despite the pound rising to $1.14 - after falling t... Read more

For over 40 years, spanning five decades, Metro has been managing and transforming outsourced supply chains for leading manufacturers and distributors globally, supported by the development of international business process outsource (BPO) operations since 1998. By taking responsibil... Read more

Bangladesh is an emerging economy, with the 41st largest economy in the world, according to data from the International Monetary Fund. It is one of the world's largest garment exporters and with its economy consistently among the fastest growing economies in the 21st century, it is on track to gr... Read more

The Department for International Trade launched a new preferential trading scheme on the 15th August 2022. The Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) is intended to grow free and fair trade with 65 developing nations, with a combined market of more than 3.3 billion. The DCTS extends tariff... Read more

Just a few months after Shanghai emerged from the city-wide COVID lockdowns, which disrupted supply chains and forced factories to halt operations, manufacturers have been closed again, this time by the impact of climate change. A new challenge to Chinese production and sourcing. An inten... Read more