Papers & Blogs

Mar 28, 20233 min

IMF 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...

Mar 20, 20233 min

US ban on advanced tech exports to China starts to bite

Political risk is a new factor which global high-tech manufacturers have to take into account when structuring their supply chains. For...

Mar 14, 20236 min

The ‘Great Reset’: Globalization has had its day, but not in the way WEF thinks

For 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...

Mar 14, 20233 min

The Supply Chain Impact of the EU’s Controversial New Carbon ‘Tax’

The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) which is due to come into force in 2023 has split world opinion. Many see it as a...

Mar 10, 20235 min

The Death of Globalization

It 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...