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August 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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➡ Strategic Signal: From coordination to fragmentation: global trade enters a new phase of managed competition.
Explore this month’s Quick Reference Snapshot for a concise two-page overview with charts and key takeaways below.
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Explore this month’s Quick Reference Snapshot for a concise two-page overview with charts and key takeaways below.
(5/6)
August 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
➡ Strategic Signal: From coordination to fragmentation: global trade enters a new phase of managed competition.
Explore this month’s Quick Reference Snapshot for a concise two-page overview with charts and key takeaways below.
(5/6)
Explore this month’s Quick Reference Snapshot for a concise two-page overview with charts and key takeaways below.
(5/6)
➡ Trade tension returns: New US tariffs reset the tone for global trade; “deals” ease escalation but don’t deliver certainty.
➡ Greenfield FDI surges: $1.3 trillion announced globally despite volatility.
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➡ Greenfield FDI surges: $1.3 trillion announced globally despite volatility.
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August 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
➡ Trade tension returns: New US tariffs reset the tone for global trade; “deals” ease escalation but don’t deliver certainty.
➡ Greenfield FDI surges: $1.3 trillion announced globally despite volatility.
(4/6)
➡ Greenfield FDI surges: $1.3 trillion announced globally despite volatility.
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In this month’s PulsePoint:
➡ Growth slows: OECD forecasts 2.9% global GDP growth in 2025, with sharper declines in major economies.
➡ Inflation splits: UK edges up to 3.6%, while China slips into mild deflation (-0.1%).
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➡ Growth slows: OECD forecasts 2.9% global GDP growth in 2025, with sharper declines in major economies.
➡ Inflation splits: UK edges up to 3.6%, while China slips into mild deflation (-0.1%).
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August 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
In this month’s PulsePoint:
➡ Growth slows: OECD forecasts 2.9% global GDP growth in 2025, with sharper declines in major economies.
➡ Inflation splits: UK edges up to 3.6%, while China slips into mild deflation (-0.1%).
(3/6)
➡ Growth slows: OECD forecasts 2.9% global GDP growth in 2025, with sharper declines in major economies.
➡ Inflation splits: UK edges up to 3.6%, while China slips into mild deflation (-0.1%).
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From the reintroduction of sweeping US tariffs to diverging inflation paths across major economies, July’s trends and early August’s developments point to a global economy at a delicate crossroads.
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August 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
From the reintroduction of sweeping US tariffs to diverging inflation paths across major economies, July’s trends and early August’s developments point to a global economy at a delicate crossroads.
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➡📖 READ our Global Compass titled 'Cracking the Code: Unlocking Competitiveness in a Complex Geopolitical Matrix' here: www.ibec.ie/ibec-global/...
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July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
➡📖 READ our Global Compass titled 'Cracking the Code: Unlocking Competitiveness in a Complex Geopolitical Matrix' here: www.ibec.ie/ibec-global/...
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The Bottom Line: The global economy is being redrawn and not by market forces alone. It is being shaped by shifting power, rival models, and new strategic alliances. Those who spot the signals early and position accordingly won’t just reduce risk, they will unlock advantage.
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July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The Bottom Line: The global economy is being redrawn and not by market forces alone. It is being shaped by shifting power, rival models, and new strategic alliances. Those who spot the signals early and position accordingly won’t just reduce risk, they will unlock advantage.
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For firms and investors alike, that means reassessing exposure, tracking regulatory divergence, and embedding political intelligence into core decision-making.
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July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
For firms and investors alike, that means reassessing exposure, tracking regulatory divergence, and embedding political intelligence into core decision-making.
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Whether in digital policy, climate-linked regulation, or industrial realignment, political risk is not just background noise, it is the environment itself.
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July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Whether in digital policy, climate-linked regulation, or industrial realignment, political risk is not just background noise, it is the environment itself.
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This isn’t a temporary shift, it’s structural. Businesses now operate in a world where market access, technology partnerships, and even capital flows are filtered through a lens of political intent.
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July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This isn’t a temporary shift, it’s structural. Businesses now operate in a world where market access, technology partnerships, and even capital flows are filtered through a lens of political intent.
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3. Political Risk Is Repricing Strategy: From strategic subsidies to the extraterritorial reach of regulation, governments are becoming more assertive actors in shaping economic outcomes.
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July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
3. Political Risk Is Repricing Strategy: From strategic subsidies to the extraterritorial reach of regulation, governments are becoming more assertive actors in shaping economic outcomes.
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The implications are global. From Europe to Asia, governments and multinationals are being forced to navigate politicised trade frameworks, recalibrate supply chains, and negotiate market access in an environment where alignment increasingly matters as much as efficiency.
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July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The implications are global. From Europe to Asia, governments and multinationals are being forced to navigate politicised trade frameworks, recalibrate supply chains, and negotiate market access in an environment where alignment increasingly matters as much as efficiency.
(10/16)
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It is a tool of geopolitical leverage. Proposed tariffs reaching up to 70% on industrial imports and the threat of pharmaceutical duties (though delayed for now), signal the use of trade measures to reshape production and pressure partners.
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July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It is a tool of geopolitical leverage. Proposed tariffs reaching up to 70% on industrial imports and the threat of pharmaceutical duties (though delayed for now), signal the use of trade measures to reshape production and pressure partners.
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➡ 2. Trade Alignment Is Replacing Trade Liberalisation: The US decision to extend its pause on sweeping reciprocal tariffs until 1 August highlights a broader trend that trade is no longer a neutral platform.
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July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
➡ 2. Trade Alignment Is Replacing Trade Liberalisation: The US decision to extend its pause on sweeping reciprocal tariffs until 1 August highlights a broader trend that trade is no longer a neutral platform.
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What’s forming isn’t just a geopolitical club. It is the potential foundation of a parallel system that could fragment global flows, standards, and influence.
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July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
What’s forming isn’t just a geopolitical club. It is the potential foundation of a parallel system that could fragment global flows, standards, and influence.
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These are still early-stage efforts, but if they hold, they could evolve into tangible alternatives to dollar-based trade and finance norms.
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July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
These are still early-stage efforts, but if they hold, they could evolve into tangible alternatives to dollar-based trade and finance norms.
(6/16)
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Three Signals to Watch:
➡ 1. Blocs Are Becoming Systems: At the BRICS summit, political statements grabbed headlines but behind them, the bloc is making moves towards practical cooperation, from developing alternative payment systems to launching bloc-level climate finance initiatives.
(5/16)
➡ 1. Blocs Are Becoming Systems: At the BRICS summit, political statements grabbed headlines but behind them, the bloc is making moves towards practical cooperation, from developing alternative payment systems to launching bloc-level climate finance initiatives.
(5/16)
July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Three Signals to Watch:
➡ 1. Blocs Are Becoming Systems: At the BRICS summit, political statements grabbed headlines but behind them, the bloc is making moves towards practical cooperation, from developing alternative payment systems to launching bloc-level climate finance initiatives.
(5/16)
➡ 1. Blocs Are Becoming Systems: At the BRICS summit, political statements grabbed headlines but behind them, the bloc is making moves towards practical cooperation, from developing alternative payment systems to launching bloc-level climate finance initiatives.
(5/16)
For global business leaders and investors, these are not side stories, they are signals of a new operating environment where agility, alignment, and strategic foresight will increasingly define competitiveness.
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July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
For global business leaders and investors, these are not side stories, they are signals of a new operating environment where agility, alignment, and strategic foresight will increasingly define competitiveness.
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We’re seeing early signs of a deeper shift in a reorganisation of global power, away from multilateralism and towards flexible blocs, competing standards, and politically shaped economic zones.
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July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We’re seeing early signs of a deeper shift in a reorganisation of global power, away from multilateralism and towards flexible blocs, competing standards, and politically shaped economic zones.
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From the BRICS summit in Rio to the shifting status of key US tariff exemptions, this week’s events may point to more than diplomatic theatre.
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July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
From the BRICS summit in Rio to the shifting status of key US tariff exemptions, this week’s events may point to more than diplomatic theatre.
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July 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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#GlobalEconomy #FinancialConditions #Productivity #LabourMarket #Trade #IbecGlobal
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#GlobalEconomy #FinancialConditions #Productivity #LabourMarket #Trade #IbecGlobal
As we analysed in our recent Global Compass, it is truly time to “Make Defence Everyone’s Business”.
📖➡ Read our Global Compass here: www.ibec.ie/ibec-global/...
#GlobalBusiness #BusinessLeadership #NATO #Defence #Security
(10/10)
📖➡ Read our Global Compass here: www.ibec.ie/ibec-global/...
#GlobalBusiness #BusinessLeadership #NATO #Defence #Security
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June 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
As we analysed in our recent Global Compass, it is truly time to “Make Defence Everyone’s Business”.
📖➡ Read our Global Compass here: www.ibec.ie/ibec-global/...
#GlobalBusiness #BusinessLeadership #NATO #Defence #Security
(10/10)
📖➡ Read our Global Compass here: www.ibec.ie/ibec-global/...
#GlobalBusiness #BusinessLeadership #NATO #Defence #Security
(10/10)