China, the Netherlands and Germany were the top suppliers of containers to the U.S. market from January to September 2022, according to Commerce Department data. At a year-over-year rate, shipments from China in that period grew 104.8%, to $885 million. These products include tank containers and tank containers,
China and Germany ranked first and second, respectively, among the world’s largest exporters of aluminum foil in 2021. Fairly, both countries comprised 49.4% of global exports of these products: China with 39.6% and Germany with 9.8%, according to World Trade Organization (WTO) data. The product in question is
After China entered the World Trade Organization in late 2001, its manufacturing output grew rapidly, as global companies shifted manufacturing from higher-wage countries to China. Then, in 2010, China overtook the United States to become the world’s largest manufacturer by output. In 2019, China accounted for 28.7% of
China comprised 89.7% of total global Christmas goods exports in 2021, at $9.505 billion, according to data from China’s General Administration of Customs. These products comprise Christmas party goods and exclude electric candles and garlands, natural Christmas trees and their stands. While Christmas in Western Christianity falls on
Members of the Group of 20 (G-20) concluded three new international investment agreements (IIAs) between May 16 and October 15, 2022. The World Trade Organization (WTO) noted that G20 members concluded two new bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and one «other IIA»: the Indonesia-Switzerland BIT, the Bahrain–Japan BIT, and
The global FDI trend improved in 2021 and its flows increased 28% Q1 2022 compared to Q4 2021, reaching US$535 billion. In the first quarter of 2022, global FDI flows reached their highest quarterly level in five years, the World Trade Organization (WTO) reported, based on data from