Supply Chain Research

The value of global trade returned to growth in November, having risen by 5.6% year over year based on a sample of 31 countries plus the EU. Asian exports climbed 10.2% while Europe’s rose by just 0.04%. The latter was due to an improvement in EU exports being offset by a drop of 15.2% in U.K. exports in dollar terms after a slide in exports of oil and intermediate capital goods despite pre-Brexit stockpiling. Growth in global trade may have continued in December on the basis of 13 countries that have reported data, mostly in Asia, with growth of 13.8% resulting from a continued surge in...