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    Economic Outlook: Gloomy indicators for the start of 2023

    The slowdown in global growth is expected to worsen in 2023. A trend that will reflect on the trajectory of international merchandise trade whose growth will fall below 2%. Soaring transport prices are over. In 2022, all of the world's major economies were hit by a slowdown, after the rebound of 202...
    Anne Kerriou
    February 10 2023
    9 min

    Relocations favour Spain-Morocco Ro-Ro traffic

    Ro-Ro traffic between Spain and Morocco is recording strong growth, linked to the development of agri-food exports but also to increasing integration with the European economy. The relocation of industrial production centres will give a boost to maritime traffic in the coming years. With two seaboar...
    Daniel Solano
    January 27 2023
    9 min

    The Transatlantic Relation in the Era of Friend-shoring

    The US has a stated ambition to build less vulnerable supply chains, with a focus on 'friendly' countries. Will this bring any new dynamics to transatlantic trade in 2023? In 2022, the US Secretary of the Treasury, Yellen, introduced the concept of "friend-shoring". Unlike nearshoring, offshoring an...
    Ganyi Zhang
    January 24 2023
    9 min
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    Economy: the 5 highlights of 2022

    The year 2022 marks the end of the post-pandemic economic recovery cycle, against a backdrop of skyrocketing inflation. A look back on 5 major trends to follow for the world of freight transport and supply chains. The strong economic recovery of 2021 continued its momentum into the first half of 202...
    Anne Kerriou
    January 05 2023
    8 min

    India: Progressing in the More Politicized Global Supply Chain

    The pandemic and the changing geopolitical dynamics have highlighted India as a promising supply chain diversification option. Using the latest trade and investment data, this article explores India’s current standing in the changing supply chain reconfiguration. Asymmetrical Trade Position Overall,...
    Ganyi Zhang
    November 02 2022
    10 min

    Rail Freight: the reconfiguration of the China-Europe market

    The Russia-Ukraine war has radically changed the rail freight connection between China and Europe via the Northern Corridor. This article examines the development in the first seven months of 2022, concentrating on the period following the outbreak of the conflict. According to statistics from China...
    Ganyi Zhang
    September 27 2022
    8 min

    Economic outlook: an increasing risk of stagflation

    Mid-year growth forecasts for 2022 have been revised downwards. The growth of international freight trade is slowing down, and international transport prices are stabilising. After the strong rebound in 2021, a slowdown in global growth was to be expected, but it turns out to be more brutal than ant...
    Anne Kerriou
    September 09 2022
    7 min

    Comparative assessment of the diversification of EU-US supply chains

    The EU and the United States have expressed their desire to strengthen their respective strategic autonomy, based in particular on the diversification of supply chains. This is a complex ambition to implement. The global pandemic has spurred the discussion of supply chain diversification, especially...
    Ganyi Zhang
    July 22 2022
    11 min

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