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The Future of Global Trade

Global trade is being reshaped by shifting supply chains, technological change, new trade policies, and emerging economic powers. The Future of Global Trade explores how these forces are transforming cross-border commerce—and how businesses can build resilience, navigate changing markets, and capture new opportunities in an increasingly complex global economy.

Making Trade Easier Supports Sustainable Development

By Attila Jámbor The TRADE4SD project explored how trade can contribute to sustainable development when supported by fair and coherent policies. While trade enables growth,...
A framework for resilient access to critical minerals

Proportional Collaborative Sovereignty™: Africa is Redesigning the Global Critical Minerals System

By Kenneth D. Johnson Africa holds many of the minerals that will determine Europe’s industrial, energy, and security future. Yet the current system leaves African...
Justin Maderia and Travis Maderia for global trade

Redefining the Lobster Trade: A Call for Transparency, Traceability, and Fairness in the Global...

By Justin Maderia and Travis Maderia  The global lobster industry sits at a crossroads, grappling with the rising demand for sustainable seafood and a growing...
Supply Chains

Preparing Supply Chains for Times of Disturbance

By Guilherme F. Frederico Since the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chains have been facing the effects of the occurrence of major disruptive events. The capacity to...
Symbolic image of US-China trade war showing cracked dollar and yuan banknotes, shipping containers, and country maps with flags.

Dark Lessons of Prewar Protectionism: From Tariff Wars to Global Fragmentation

By Dan Steinbock             The new Trump administration’s tariff wars are causing costly, even dangerous global fragmentation, with coercive unilateralism...
BRICS

The BRICS Expansion and the End of Western Economic and Geopolitical Dominance

By Dr Kalim Siddiqui Introduction The 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, marks a pivotal moment for the group as it aims to make significant progress...

Exploring the Post-Growth Economy to Advance Mexico’s International Automotive Industry

By Leah Marie Gonse, Roberto Carlos Ambrosio-Lazaro, and Michael Palocz-Andresen  This literature review examines the application of the post-growth economy concept within Mexico's evolving transportation...
Hormuz Maritime Disruption on EU and Asian Supply Chains

Hormuz Maritime Disruption on EU and Asian Supply Chains

By Yingzhi Zhang and Byron McKinney The effects of continued maritime disruption in Hormuz have the potential to further impact supply chains and certain industries...
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The Decline of the West and Shifting Dynamics in the Global Political Economy 

By Dr Kalim Siddiqui  I. Introduction  By the end of the Second World War, the limitations of free-market and non-interventionist economic policies had become apparent. In...
mosquito

Global And Local Supply Chains: Serving The Spatial Spread Of The Asian Tiger Mosquito

By Gilles Paché Over the past four decades, the emergence and consolidation of global supply chains has become a widely studied managerial reality. The reference...

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The Performance and Transformation Orchestrator: The CFO’s New Mandate in the Age of AI

By Terence Tse CFOs are evolving into AI-driven transformation orchestrators, balancing finance, technology, and strategy while upskilling teams, managing risks, and driving measurable business value. A key insight from this year’s AI for CFOs event, organized...

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