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Globalization - Global trade - Services trade - Developing economies - Digital trade

Global trade is turning to services, unevenly

Services are taking a growing share of global trade, but the countries capturing the fastest-growing, digitally deliverable markets remain highly concentrated.

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