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Supply chains - Maritime trade routes - Bab al-Mandeb Strait - Houthis - Red Sea - Lebanon Economy

Bab al-Mandeb crisis tests Lebanon’s supply chains

In an interview with The Beiruter, economic analyst Professor Jassem Ajaka examined how Bab al-Mandeb disruptions could affect Lebanon’s trade, supply chains, and economy.

By The Beiruter
Supply chains - Global trade - 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
Supply chains - Economic de-risking - Globalization - Global trade - 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