WTO E-Commerce Moratorium Lapse Fragments Digital Trade
The WTO's failure to extend the e-commerce customs-duty moratorium leaves digital trade facing a fragmented regime of partial agreements and national discretion.
Economy
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UK Mortgage Rebound Faded After Rate Volatility Returned
UK mortgage approvals improved in March and April, but May's sharp fall showed how quickly rate volatility and affordability pressure can cool demand.
Australia and South Korea Test Oil-Shock Policy Limits
Australia's rate risk and South Korea's possible driving curbs show how the Iran-war oil shock is pushing governments beyond normal inflation tools.
Israel-Iran War Links Energy Shock to Sovereign Debt Risk
The Israel-Iran war is pushing energy costs, central-bank caution and borrowing risk into the same market story for states and industry.
Brent Above $116 Shows Iran War Becoming A Route Risk
Brent crude's move above $116 showed traders pricing a wider Iran-war map, with Houthi attacks, Hormuz fear and Asian import exposure all feeding risk.
War Costs Are Reaching Israel's Budget And Clothing Racks
Israel's larger defense budget and the Iran war's energy shock show how military spending, oil, freight and apparel costs are entering the same consumer crisis.
Iran War's Oil Shock Reached Far Beyond Crude
The Iran war's oil shock moved beyond gasoline as Hormuz risk hit freight, fertilizers, sulfur, helium, petrochemicals and inflation expectations.
Oil Above $115 Shows Iran War Entering Inflation Channel
Brent crude moved above $115 as the Iran war entered its fifth week, with Houthi attacks, Hormuz risk and energy-infrastructure fears feeding a broader inflation shock.
Swiss Wine Import Plan Turns Quotas Into Trade Fight
Guy Parmelin's plan would tie low-duty wine import quotas to purchases of Swiss grapes, setting off a fight over protectionism, prices and vineyard survival.
Britain's Food Security Debate Moves Back to Production
Britain's food security debate is shifting back to domestic production as self-sufficiency, farmland pressure and import shocks expose resilience gaps.
Middle East War Turns Fifth Week Into Economic Stress Test
The Middle East war's fifth week pushed energy risk, UK motor finance redress and France-Japan supply security into the same economic frame.
Pax Silica Turned Chip Security Into Coalition Industrial Policy
Pax Silica aims to align trusted partners around AI, chips, critical minerals and energy security after logistics shocks exposed supply-chain fragility.