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A bar chart showing that global trade growth remains strong in 2025, but slowed in 3rd and 4th quarters

Global trade to hit record $35 trillion despite slowing momentum

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan with global leaders at the annual “1+10” meeting

Grynspan concludes high-level visit to China

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Finance can put trade at risk, leaving the global economy 'on the brink' – with developing countries hardest hit

Gaza economic, infrastructure destruction.

Economic collapse in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – urgent reconstruction needed

Global Trade Update: December 2025

Get the latest global trade figures

Global Trade Update: December 2025

Get the latest global trade figures

A bar chart showing that global trade growth remains strong in 2025, but slowed in 3rd and 4th quarters

Global trade to hit record $35 trillion despite slowing momentum

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan with global leaders at the annual “1+10” meeting

Grynspan concludes high-level visit to China

Cargo_plane_in_shipyard_at_sunrise

Finance can put trade at risk, leaving the global economy 'on the brink' – with developing countries hardest hit

Gaza economic, infrastructure destruction.

Economic collapse in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – urgent reconstruction needed

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Trade and Development Report 2025: On the brink - trade, finance and the reshaping of the global economy

Trade and Development Report 2025: On the brink - trade, finance and the reshaping of the global economy

Cover for Global Trade Update (December 2025): Global trade poised for a record-breaking 2025 as flows expected to surge past $35 trillion

Global Trade Update (December 2025): Global trade poised for a record-breaking 2025 as flows expected to surge past $35 trillion

Cover for Report on UNCTAD assistance to the Palestinian people: Developments in the economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Report on UNCTAD assistance to the Palestinian people: Developments in the economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Cover for All roads lead to reform: A financial system fit to mobilize $1.3 trillion for climate finance

All roads lead to reform: A financial system fit to mobilize $1.3 trillion for climate finance

Cover for Global Investment Trends Monitor, No. 49

Global Investment Trends Monitor, No. 49

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Manufacturing – especially electronics – continued to drive global trade during the third quarter of 2025.

09 Dec 2025

Global trade to hit record $35 trillion despite slowing momentum

08 Dec 2025

Beyond GDP: What else matters and how to measure it?

04 Dec 2025

UN launches new portal for digital cooperation

04 Dec 2025

Eastern and Southern Africa: Foreign investment surged to record highs

03 Dec 2025

Critical minerals – new partnerships needed to build fair value chains

02 Dec 2025

Over 90% of global trade now depends on finance, reshaping opportunities and deepening vulnerabilities

01 Dec 2025

UNCTAD Empowerment Programme for Trade Facilitation marks 10-year milestone

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Data stories

Graph showing that world trade and the global financial cycle move in sync

Over 90% of global trade now depends on finance, deepening vulnerabilities

A graph showing that global growth shows no signs of picking up in the near term

Global growth expected to slow to 2.6% through 2026

A graph showing Gaza's GDP per capita plummeted to $161 in 2024, among the lowest in the world

Gaza’s economy collapsed 83% in 2024, pushing all 2.3 million people into poverty

Global heating pushes temperatures into danger zone

GDP and CO2 emissions: Record temperatures heighten urgency to break the link

A graph showing growth in trade in wind-energy components, solar-energy components and other industrial goods

Trade in renewable energy powers ahead, but barriers slow transition

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Meetings and events

Empretec LogiHub Pre-Accelerator

8 – 12 December 2025

Empretec LogiHub Pre-Accelerator

9 – 11 December 2025

TrainForTrade final dissertations for Cycle 8 and launch of Cycle 9 of the of Port Management Programme in Gabon

9 – 18 December 2025

E-training course: Emerging issues at the interplay between trade and sustainable development

11 December 2025

P166 short courses on key international economic and development issues for Geneva-based delegates

15 – 16 December 2025

TrainForTrade final dissertations of Port Management Programme cycle 3 in the Maldives

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Videos

On the brink – a conversation with Rebeca Grynspan and Mariana Mazzucato

On the Brink: Trade, finance and the reshaping of the global economy

Trade can drive climate action

Secretary-General statements

Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD from 13 September 2021

Geneva, Switzerland

Rebeca Grynspan

Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica was appointed the eighth Secretary-General of UNCTAD on 13 September 2021. She is the first woman to hold this position in the history of the organization.

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1 December 2025

Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development, 9th session

25 November 2025

Report on UNCTAD assistance to the Palestinian people: Developments in the economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territory

19 November 2025

Knowledge Summit 2025

5 November 2025

China International Import Expo