A trading world of two halves

The three decade push for trade globalisation after the collapse of Soviet communism has ground to a halt, with the actions of Russia and China threatening to split world trade into two competing blocs again.

Global shipping bounces back

The pandemic prompted calls for greater self-sufficiency, but global shipping is back to pre-COVID proportions, although fissures in international relations threaten to undermine this recovery.

Australia’s asymmetric advantages in global trade

Australia’s phenomenal resource endowment has once again seen it through a difficult period in the global economy, with supercharged commodity markets siphoning some of the stimulus spending by the world’s major economies into Australian pockets.

Can Asia reinvent global trade?

Asia is becoming the world’s most important trading region, and its political divisions and realities are increasingly shaping the global economy.