Deep Dive: The end of globalisation and a new (trade) Cold War?

Episode 13 • October 24, 2023 • 00:26:24
Deep Dive: The end of globalisation and a new (trade) Cold War?
The Loadstar
Deep Dive: The end of globalisation and a new (trade) Cold War?

Oct 24 2023 | 00:26:24

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Show Notes

In a more divided and fractured world, the logistics landscape is rapidly changing, and the future of trade and globalisation is getting ever cloudier. In this episode, host and editor Mike King speaks to global thought leaders about where geopolitics - and conflicts about ideas, ideology and forms of government - are directing the very concept of globalisation.

If China is a less trusted location to do business, where does that business go? And if manufacturing moves closer to home, what does that mean for the long-term investment decisions being made by forwarders and carriers as they seek to serve their shipper customers?

And finally, if supply chains are regionalising and global institutions that foster collaboration are losing their power, what does this mean for the ability of those in the business of trade to decarbonise supply chains?

 

Guests

Michael Every, Global Strategist, Rabobank

Marc Levinson, author, historian and journalist

Luisa Rodriguez, Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Lars Jensen, CEO, Vespucci Maritime

Alex Lennane, Publisher, The Loadstar

Neil Johnson, Co-Founder, TNETS

 

 

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