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Rethinking FDI: Can Europe Compete as the US Attracts a Record Share of Global...

By Julia Khandoshko  Fresh statistics show an interesting trend: new FDI projects in the US increased to 14.3% in 2024, reaching the record. Meanwhile, major...
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Donald Trump’s Tariffs: A Prelude to Global Trade Wars? 

By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui  Dr. Kalim Siddiqui analyzes Donald Trump’s aggressive trade strategies, exploring how the US’s tariff policies are contributing to an emerging global...
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What Soft Commodities are Worth Investing in Q3 2025?

By Edward Nikulin The global agricultural landscape is witnessing a series of significant shifts that are reshaping export dynamics and supply chains. America's abundant harvests...
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Trump’s Tariffs Threat to the Global South

By Dan Steinbock              With its misguided tariff wars, the Trump administration is not only disrupting historical trade ties with the world’s largest economies, but...
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Consumer Response to Tariffs: What CPG Should Know in 2025 and Beyond

Tariffs in 2025 have caused major waves with demand volatility across industries, including for consumer packaged goods (CPG) retailers. For starters, the consumer response...
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Global Trade is Volatile but Misallocated Attention is What’s Costing Leaders

By Louisa Loran Headlines suggest global trade is unstable. Beneath the surface, capital, corridors, and trade architecture are being deliberately reorganized. The real risk for...
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The Geneva Connection: How the Trump Tariffs Penalize US-China Ties and Global Economic Prospects

By Dan Steinbock Despite de-escalation in Geneva, trillions of dollars may have been lost in the unwarranted trade wars. In early May, international headlines reported on...
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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...
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How Supply Chain Management and Technology Adoption Can be Applied to Enhance the Efficiency...

By Nigel Barreto Behind every agreeable stay in a hotel or visit to a restaurant, there are a plethora of suppliers working to ensure that...
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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...

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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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