Coverage of economics used as statecraft: tariffs, export controls, sanctions, investment screening and industrial subsidy programs, alongside the customs and shipping data showing where trade actually moved. Written for trade lawyers, supply chain planners, sovereign analysts and researchers of international political economy.
Coverage of economics used as statecraft: tariffs, export controls, sanctions, investment screening and industrial subsidy programs, alongside the customs and shipping data showing where trade actually moved. Written for trade lawyers, supply chain planners, sovereign analysts and researchers of international political economy.
Countries bundle their trade rules together in different ways. The type of bloc they choose decides who sets tariffs, who can trade freely, and who gives up veto power.
Gabriela Montoya · October 30, 2026
A narrow stretch of water can do what no tariff or treaty can: decide whether goods move at all. Here is how maritime chokepoints turn geography into leverage.
Gabriela Montoya · October 24, 2026
Every imported good gets a code, every code gets a rate, and the rate lands in your cart.
Gabriela Montoya · October 5, 2026
Mines, refiners and foreign ministries now negotiate as one system. The deals behind that system decide who builds batteries, chips and weapons.
Gabriela Montoya · October 2, 2026
When a developing country buys jets or builds a port, the lender of record is often a government — export credit is the quiet trillion-dollar layer of trade finance.
Gabriela Montoya · September 3, 2026