protectionism

Asia has not decoupled, says UN’s Supachai

The former head of the WTO argues that trade is still key for driving economic growth in the region and says he is concerned about the level of protectionism that has emerged since the global financial crisis.
September 12, 2012

Asia leads the resurgence of trade

Market players are bullish that trade volumes in emerging economies will rise significantly over the next six months, according to HSBC’s latest trade confidence index.
May 10, 2010

Payment news, May 11

A new report finds that access to affordable trade finance is still constrained, while BoA Merrill and Google expand online treasury tools.
May 10, 2010

Slamming the door on trade

Growing protectionist sentiments are hanging heavily on the shoulders of the world’s traders.
April 27, 2009

Lindsey warns of US protectionism

Former chief economic adviser to George W Bush, Lawrence Lindsey spoke to FinanceAsia at CSFB''s Asian conference.
March 24, 2004