COMMERCE & LOGISTIQUE

Les États-Unis profitent-ils de la guerre russe en Ukraine sur le dos des Européens ? C’est le soupçon exprimé par des responsables politiques du vieux continent. 

The US dollar has risen dramatically in value against other currencies recently. Three channels through which factors affecting bilateral exchange rates operate have been pulling up the U.S. dollar: yield differentials, liquidity differentials, and growth differentials. The strong appreciation of the US dollar against other currencies recently reinforced the contractionary pressures present in the global economy.

The moment when G-20 leaders were confronted with reports of a missile landing in Poland offered a snapshot of a paralyzed international system, ill-equipped to mobilize around solving major shared challenges as more short-term tensions fester.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden met on Monday for long-awaited talks that come as relations between their countries are at their lowest in decades, marred by disagreements over a host of issues from Taiwan to trade.

Globalisation is under attack; to preserve its benefits, healthy domestic social contracts are essential.

Lorsqu'ils se livrent à des activités illégales, les navires de pêche commerciale peuvent désactiver temporairement leur système de localisation.  Une étude publiée dans la revue Science Advances révèle les endroits du monde les plus concernés par cette dissimulation.

Les cours à terme du blé devraient bondir lundi à l'ouverture des marchés après l'annonce par la Russie de son retrait de l'accord sur les exportations à partir des ports ukrainiens de la mer Noire, estiment plusieurs analystes.

Classer les salariés en classe d’âge, c’est oublier de considérer les trajectoires individuelles et l’esprit d’équipe qui donnent sens aux tâches du quotidien.

Les récentes restrictions de l'Inde sur les exportations de riz pourraient déclencher une reprise des prix mondiaux après plus d'une décennie de stabilité, ont déclaré les traders, car la mesure protectionniste de New Delhi coïncide avec la baisse de la production des autres grands producteurs et la hausse de la demande mondiale.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala a convoqué lundi un séminaire à Genève pour mettre à jour les règles commerciales traitant de la gestion des produits agricoles.

Avant l'invasion de l'Ukraine par la Russie, le taux de défectuosité n'était que de 2%, rapporte le journal économique Kommersant, citant une source anonyme.

L'espoir de voir reconduit l'accord sur les exportations ukrainiennes a fait baisser les prix mondiaux des céréales ces derniers jours, en dépit des embouteillages de vraquiers sur le Bosphore et de la poursuite des bombardements en Ukraine.

The maritime industry is a critical link in global supply chains, but it's facing challenges from global crises to worker shortages and environmental issues.

Nous sommes à un point de bifurcation, dans un entre-deux historique, idéologique, culturel et économique. Finalement c’est assez démocratique. Les experts peuvent mettre des choses en équation mais ce que nous ressentons est le sentiment diffus que tout cela peut arriver en même temps. 

Egypt's Suez Canal Economic Zone has signed a $500 million contract with the Suez Canal Container Company (SCCT) to establish a second container handling terminal in East Port Said, the Suez Canal Economic Zone said in a statement on Tuesday.

Changing weather patterns have profound impacts on agricultural production around the world. Higher temperatures, severe drought, and other weather events may decrease output in some regions, but effects are often volatile and unpredictable. Yet many countries rely on agricultural and food trade to help alleviate the consequences of local, weather-induced production shifts, a new paper from the University of Illinois suggests. The work is published in Global Food Security.

Algeria has submitted an official application to join the emerging-market bloc of BRICS, which groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, media reports said on Monday, citing Leila Zaruki, the Algerian Foreign Ministry special envoy for international partnership.

The Group of Seven rich nations and Australia have agreed to set a fixed price when they finalize a price cap on Russian oil later this month, rather than adopting a floating rate, sources said on Thursday.

For many Asian countries, grains such as wheat, corn, and soybeans are needed for animal feed to produce meat.

Selon les estimations de la Banque mondiale, les prix des matières premières agricoles devraient refluer de 5% l’année prochaine. Cette annonce est contenue dans un communiqué publié le mercredi 26 octobre 2022 par cette institution financière internationale.

A study finds worrying levels of mental health problems among farmers and agricultural workers, according to a team of researchers from the University of Exeter, UK. The survey shows that thousands of people working or living on farms experience higher levels of pain, mobility problems, anxiety, and depression than the general population. 

Amid global food shortages and export restrictions, an update of the rules for agricultural trade is needed more urgently than ever.

Global supply capacity in the ocean reefer container sector will likely not be a problem in 2023, and rates are expected to drop through 2023, though they will remain above pre-pandemic levels. 

A prominent finance analyst believes China is in the "final stages" of creating a new currency, which could be backed by gold in a partnership with Russia.

After more than three decades of American efforts to establish and consolidate a unipolar international order, we are witnessing signs of the deterioration of the American-centric international order and the formation of a new international order.