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To foster prosperity for all, the world urgently needs to strategically align international investment and finance to where development needs are the greatest.

Restoring stability and predictability is essential – for businesses to invest, for countries to grow and for trade to fulfil its role as a driver of development.

Without deliberate action, the integration of trade and digital transformation risks deepening existing divides rather than closing them.

Market access to the United States could further deteriorate for many African countries if the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is not renewed before its expiration on 30 September 2025.

Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan called this an interim moment, urging leaders to lower debt costs, steady trade, unlock investment and embrace digital transformation.

Home to many small island developing states, economic resilience is just an option but a necessity for the Caribbean towards long-term sustainability.

Global shipping faces fragile growth, rising costs and mounting uncertainty as political tensions, shifting trade patterns and reconfigured routes reshape maritime trade.

To stay the course, the world urgently needs to stabilize trade policies, mitigate shipping cost increases and promote sustainable and resilient maritime transport infrastructure.

The African nation takes a major step to simplifying investment procedures with the launch of its new eRegulations investment portal – with support from UN Trade and Development and partners.

The United States has implemented new, differentiated tariffs on imports from almost all trading partners, with developing countries facing the steepest hikes.