Trade news and trends

Amazon Seeks Supplier Discounts Amid Ongoing Tariff Fight
Retail // January 14, 2026

Amazon is reportedly seeking reduced prices from its suppliers as it deals with tariffs. The eCommerce giant has asked for discounts from suppliers of up to 30%, the Financial Times (FT) reported Tuesday (Jan. 13), citing interviews with vendor consultants who negotiate on behalf of...

48% of Product Leaders Now View Tariffs as Permanent Policy Shift
Data & Research // November 20, 2025

Tariffs were expected to cause discomfort. Few product leaders expected them to reshape their operations so deeply that redesigning or discontinuing goods would become standard practice across the mid-market. The latest edition of The Certainty Project, titled “Profit Slips, Policy Shifts: Product Leaders Navigate the Crossfire,”...

Tariffs Expose Growing Resiliency Divide Across Mid-Market Supply Chains
Supply Chain // November 14, 2025

Tariffs are doing more than reshaping trade flows across the global marketplace. They are becoming a stress test for business models, with trade policy and regulatory uncertainty increasingly acting as amplifiers of both advantage and vulnerability. The latest findings in the October 2025 edition of...

Tariff Anxiety and 6% Revenue Loss Define CFO Risk Premium
Data & Research // November 13, 2025

For corporate finance chiefs, the most expensive line item on this year’s balance sheets may not be tariffs or wages, but uncertainty itself. The latest PYMNTS Intelligence Data Book, Policy Risk, Tariff Impact and the Price of CFO Uncertainty, finds that volatility across trade, regulation and global...

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48% of Product Leaders Now View Tariffs as Permanent Policy Shift

November 20, 2025
Tariffs were expected to cause discomfort. Few product leaders expected them to reshape their operations so deeply that redesigning or discontinuing goods would become standard practice across the mid-market. The latest edition of The Certainty Project, titled “Profit Slips, Policy Shifts: Product Leaders Navigate the Crossfire,” finds that companies are no longer treating tariffs as temporary […]

Tariffs Expose Growing Resiliency Divide Across Mid-Market Supply Chains

November 14, 2025
Tariffs are doing more than reshaping trade flows across the global marketplace. They are becoming a stress test for business models, with trade policy and regulatory uncertainty increasingly acting as...

Tariff Anxiety and 6% Revenue Loss Define CFO Risk Premium

November 13, 2025
For corporate finance chiefs, the most expensive line item on this year’s balance sheets may not be tariffs or wages, but uncertainty itself. The latest PYMNTS Intelligence Data Book, Policy Risk,...

Singapore Businesses Embrace Digital Wallets, Consumers Still Catching Up

April 18, 2025
Cross-border payments may sound simple, but their reality is anything but. Cracking the code for sending payments between countries, whether for individuals or businesses, has taken up much of the...

Quick Reads
EU May Implement Tariffs on US Goods Amid Tensions Over Greenland

January 19, 2026
The European Union could implement tariffs on U.S. goods as soon as Feb. 7, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday (Jan. 19), citing a European Commission spokesman. The EU approved the tariffs in July 2025 but paused their implementation for six months as the EU continued negotiating a trade deal with the U.S., according to […]

Amazon Seeks Supplier Discounts Amid Ongoing Tariff Fight

January 14, 2026
Amazon is reportedly seeking reduced prices from its suppliers as it deals with tariffs. The eCommerce giant has asked for discounts from suppliers of up to 30%, the Financial Times...

Santander Debuts Tool to Help Businesses Navigate Global Risk Management

November 04, 2025
Santander has introduced a platform designed to help businesses expand internationally. Navigator Global, announced Tuesday (Nov. 4), is designed to connect users to “verified providers, local experts and real-time insights,”...

Canadian Business Outlook Gloomy as Tariffs Persist

October 20, 2025
The Bank of Canada says Canadian businesses are concerned tariffs will hinder their sales. That’s according to the bank’s business outlook indicator survey, released Monday (Oct. 20) and showing a...