Since the 1970s, exports and imports of manufactured goods have been the engine of international trade and much of that trade relies on container shipping. This paper introduces a new monthly index of the volume of container trade to and from North America. Incorporating this index into a...

Since the 1970s, exports and imports of manufactured goods have been the engine of international trade and much of that trade relies on container shipping. This paper introduces a new monthly index of the volume of container trade to and from North America. Incorporating this index into a...

Der dritte kurze Länderüberblick in der kleine Reihe, die einige bedeutende Industrie- und Schwellenländer anhand wichtiger Globalisierungsindikatoren präsentiert, widmet sich den USA. Die Darstellung beschränkt sich auf die Jahre ab 2001 bis zum aktuellen Rand.