John Manners-BellMar 28, 20233 min readIMF warns of risks of ‘geo-economic fragmentation’International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva has warned that what she calls ‘geo-economic fragmentation’, combined with...
John Manners-BellMar 20, 20233 min readUS ban on advanced tech exports to China starts to bitePolitical risk is a new factor which global high-tech manufacturers have to take into account when structuring their supply chains. For...
John Manners-BellMar 14, 20236 min readThe ‘Great Reset’: Globalization has had its day, but not in the way WEF thinksFor two years the world has struggled to get to grips with the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and its tragic consequences. The focus of many...
John Manners-BellMar 10, 20235 min readThe Death of GlobalizationIt wasn’t meant to be this way. China’s accession to the World Trade Organization was supposed to herald a new era of open markets and...