What's Changing? - Trade

Please see below key recent developments concerning trade:
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January 2021
Please see below a range of 2021 outlooks and forecasts - grouped by topics including:
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Fundamental shifts in the world of work are eroding traditional social safety nets. Could a universal basic income (UBI) be the solution? UBI isn’t a new idea, according to the Basic Income Earth Network, which says it was originally ignored, but growing fears surrounding job automation have stoked an interest in basic income.
Please see below selected recent basic income-related change.
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Please see below selected recent economic developments.
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January 2021
Please see below key recent developments concerning trade:
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January 2021
Please see below selected recent food-related change.
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December 2020
Introduction
China's Belt and Road infrastructure initiative is one of the most ambitious geopolitical projects ever. By 2027, it aims to dish out an estimated $1.3 trillion in loans, around ten times what the US spent on the Marshall Plan in the aftermath of World War II. As China increases its investment in the West, will countries' loyalty shift toward Beijing? About 80 countries have already joined, and dozens more are flirting with the idea. For a world that badly needs more and better infrastructure, Belt and Road is a good thing
Please see below selected recent emerging markets-related change. (Until mid-2018 the focus was primarily on Africa.)
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December 2020
Please see below selected China-related change from 2016 and earlier, For change from 2017 onwards, please see What's Changing? - Economics, What's Changing - Politics and What's Changing? - Emerging Markets.
Q3 (July-August-September) 2016
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