Hacker News with Generative AI: Global Trade

Russia's Dead Drop Drug Revolution (globalinitiative.net)
There has been a groundbreaking shift in the global drug trade, pioneered in Russia and now spreading globally.
Russia, Drugs, Global Trade, Crime
57 points by nkko 45 days ago | 33 comments
China Became the Largest Car Exporter (nytimes.com)
Just two decades ago, China had little capacity to make cars, and owning one was considered novel. Today, China produces and exports more cars than any other country in the world.
China, Automotive Industry, Exports, Global Trade
5 points by surprisetalk 46 days ago | 1 comments
A New World Order Is Here, and It Looks a Lot Like Mercantilism (bloomberg.com)
“The crisis was not a failure of the free-market system,” declared George W. Bush in November 2008. “And the answer is not to try to reinvent that system. It is to fix the problems we face, make the reforms we need and move forward with the free markets principles that have delivered prosperity and hope to people across the world.”
Economics, Politics, Global Trade
10 points by corimaith 54 days ago | 1 comments
Global trade woes mount as shipping costs rise (dw.com)
Global Trade, Shipping, Economics
21 points by rntn 193 days ago | 10 comments
Bali's stone sarcophagi included global goods (atlasobscura.com)
Bali, Archaeology, History, Travel, Global Trade
70 points by Thevet 225 days ago | 21 comments
Yerba mate, from Paraguay to Syria (globalvoices.org)
Yerba mate, Paraguay, Syria, Global Trade, Culture
103 points by PaulHoule 236 days ago | 80 comments