AltAsia! These countries could lure manufacturing away from China
A lot of new portmanteaus have appeared in the pages of The Economist in recent years, many of them referring to phenomena in business...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Dec 29, 20221 min read
Better logistics for better supply chain connectivity
It is hard to find anyone who has not experienced supply chain disruptions during the pandemic, be it an exercise bike or a computer...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Dec 4, 20222 min read
Friendshoring and onshoring: protectionism, industrial policy and geopolitical blocs by another name
The idea — increasingly popular among policymakers, particularly in the West — that international trade and investment should...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Oct 5, 20222 min read
Quo Vadis Supply Chains? Global Value Chains: De-Globalization & Decoupling
After two years of supply chain problems, the majority of efficiency-seeking foreign direct investment (FDI) firms have started searching...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Sep 20, 20221 min read
How to work around supply chain disruption
Supply chain disruption is the new normal, meaning companies now face the painful task of reconfiguration. A report from GlobalData’s...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Sep 14, 20221 min read
Mckinsey Survey Indicates Global Supply Chains On The Move
The third and most recent Mckinsey & Co survey shows that companies have made significant progress on measures that have been on their...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Aug 2, 20223 min read
Amid Industrial Headwinds, China Records First Ever Auto Trade Surplus
As the global economy recovers fully from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chinese industrial sector appears to be facing headwinds, according...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jul 27, 20221 min read
Visualizing the World’s Largest Container Shipping Companies
Did you know that 80% of the global goods trade is transported over sea? Given the scale of human consumption, this requires an enormous...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jul 18, 20221 min read
Tech Factories Latest To Leave China For SE Asia
A decade-long shift of labor-intensive manufacturers from China to Southeast Asian countries has been accelerated by the strict lockdown...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jul 5, 20221 min read
FDI drivers in 2022: Supply chains
An Investment Monitor study shows that supply chains are at the core of investors’ discussions, making the business area an FDI driver in...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jul 4, 20221 min read
How emerging markets can prepare for shifts and shocks affecting global production and trade
Global production and trade patterns have altered hugely in the past five years, but emerging markets can make this work to their...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jul 1, 20222 min read
Singapore's US$40 bil mega-port takes aim at shipping chaos
As the world’s economies struggle to untangle unprecedented congestion in global supply chains, one of the world’s busiest ports is...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jun 23, 20221 min read
Global minimum tax still a head-scratcher for developing countries
Policy-makers and free zones developers are unfazed by the OECD-sponsored reform. By Jacopo Dettoni, fDi Intelligence In a meeting with...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jun 22, 20221 min read
Mapping Shipping Lanes: Maritime Traffic Around the World
Each year, thousands of ships travel across the globe, transporting everything from passengers to consumer goods like wheat and oil. But...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
May 30, 20221 min read
Battery Recycling FDI Soars
The industry generates record FDI as it offers alternative to new batteries’ bottlenecks The battery recycling market generated its...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
May 26, 20221 min read
These ports are causing the most congestion in the global supply chain, new CNBC charts show
The drop in Shanghai's port productivity, which is driven by to the lack of people working due to Covid lockdowns, can be seen in the...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
May 23, 20222 min read
Biden Unveils Indo-Pacific Trade Framework, Accounting For 40% Of The World's GDP
The U.S. government has announced that its new economic grouping for the Indo-Pacific will begin with 13 inaugural members, accounting...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
May 20, 20221 min read
Visualizing China’s $18 Trillion Economy in One Chart
China is the world’s second largest economy after the U.S., and it is expected to eventually climb into the number one position in the...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
May 19, 20221 min read
Emerging market investments are shrinking. How will MENA countries hit FDI targets?
As the pandemic-fueled liquidity begins to wane and the reality of inflation and higher interest rates sets in, many economies will face...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
May 18, 20223 min read
OFFICIAL TRADE DATA: Global Trade Slows as Economies Adjust to Life After Stimulus
By John W Miller, Chief Economic Analyst, Trade Data Monitor; The global economy avoided a meltdown 2020-2022 due to the Covid-19...
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