Trade

China’s semiconductor chip industry is decentralised, politically curated and immune to single points of failure

Punishing nations for cooperating with China just pushes them closer to America’s economic rival

There are big risks in replacing experts with AI to make decisions on global trade, and we may be about to find out what can go wrong

While there may be immediate, global impacts of stricter US tariffs, there are also potential solutions and opportunities for Australian businesses and supply chains

To combat climate change we need to decarbonise international shipping. Powering cargo ships with wind should be part of the solution

Never mind the roads, rivers were the arteries of the Roman Empire, carrying food, fuel and livestock along important ancient trade routes

Free Trade Agreements have ended up as the ‘poster boy’ of anti-globalisation, but labour and environmental provisions in FTAS could provide an answer to the critics

The COVID-19 pandemic has left hundreds of thousands of seafarers stranded on board ships, leading to a ‘crew change crisis’ that needs urgent action

Even after the election of Joe Biden, the politicisation of trade policy is likely to continue and deep-seated American protectionism is here to stay

A spectre is haunting the world but it isn’t COVID-19, it’s the idea that the pandemic could lead to the end of globalisation