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Global trade - Supply chain disruption - SMEs - Shipping Costs - Strait of Hormuz

The shipping crisis small firms can’t afford

Shipping disruptions are driving up the cost of global trade, putting smaller firms at greater risk of being pushed out of international supply chains.

By The Beiruter
Global trade - Geopolitical risk markets - Lebanese rap - Global supply chain - Connector economies - Trade diversification

The changing geography of globalization

Globalization is not retreating, but geopolitical risk is redirecting trade and investment across a wider range of countries, creating new opportunities for those able to connect the world’s largest markets.

By The Beiruter
Global trade - Supply chains - China Shock 2.0 - Chinese manufacturing - industrial policy

The second China shock is different this time

The latest surge in Chinese exports comes from a country with far greater technological capabilities than during the first China shock, changing the stakes from competition over markets to dependence on the supply chains it increasingly dominates.

By Katharine Sorensen
Global trade - Economic de-risking - Globalization - Supply chains - Ursula von der Leyen

De-risking's double edge

"De-risking", the movement toward "economic resilience", is at the forefront of policy agendas around the globe as global crises reveal the fragility of our deeply intertwined economic system. Is this a productive shift toward stability, or will it divide our world into rival trade blocs, mitigating the benefits of globalization and free trade that our world has progressed toward?

By Soraya Johnson