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Geometry of global trade
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The FDI shake-up: How foreign direct investment today may shape industry and trade tomorrow
September 22, 2025
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Announced FDI projects signal further changes in the geometry of global trade and the future map of international business.
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The great trade rearrangement
June 25, 2025
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A newly defined “rearrangement ratio” gauges the potential to rearrange US imports from China and how this could...
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Global trade explorer
October 18, 2023
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To navigate a more complex and challenging era requires deeper understanding of the full picture of the evolution of global trade...
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Geopolitics and the geometry of global trade: 2025 update
January 27, 2025
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Trade reconfiguration continues along geopolitical lines, this update with 2024 data shows.
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Geopolitics and the geometry of global trade
January 17, 2024
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Global trade patterns are reconfiguring. More shifts are likely and businesses need to be aware of the potential trade-offs of different paths ahead.
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