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      Simon J. Evenett

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      Simon J. Evenett is the professor of Geopolitics and Strategy at IMD Business School and co-chairman of the World Economic Forum Trade & Investment Council

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      A worker at the Pacific Lock factory in Valencia, California. Reuters
      Business InsightsAmerica is paying for its own tariffs and the real cost is yet to come

      New research shows Americans paid 90% of Trump's tariffs and now the fallout is more damaging

      EconomyFebruary 22, 2026
      European flags at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels. The bloc's recent experiences show how quickly hard-won unity can fade when commitments are not maintained. AFP
      Europe’s biggest economic wounds are self-inflicted

      For many of the bloc's faster-growing companies, expansion and financing happen abroad rather than at home

      EconomyDecember 07, 2025
      The UAE recorded total foreign trade of Dh5.23 trillion in 2024, a 49 per cent increase from 2021, according to the World Trade Organisation. Reuters
      AnalysisWhat Brussels and Abu Dhabi hope to gain from closer trade ties

      Latest agreement reinforces their reputation as rules-based and reliable trade partners amid global uncertainty

      EconomyApril 26, 2025
      US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping. Despite rising tariffs and regulatory scrutiny, the fundamental forces driving US-China trade remain intact. AFP
      How businesses can navigate next phase of US-China trade war

      Companies should resist the impulse to make sweeping structural changes based on talk instead of action

      BusinessFebruary 28, 2025
      Donald Trump, during his first term as US president, meets China's President Xi Jinping at the 2019 G20 summit in Osaka. AP
      Business InsightsChina prepares a counter to Trump’s upcoming tariff blitz

      Response to US levies set to include currency and export changes that will raise prices for American consumers

      EconomyJanuary 31, 2025
      Donald Trump has pledged to impose huge tariffs on imports, sending shock waves through the trading system. Getty Images / The National
      CommentWill trade collapse? It depends on how the world responds to Trump’s tariffs

      US president-elect may rock the boat of global trade but it remains to be seen whether it stays afloat or capsizes

      EconomyNovember 30, 2024
      Chinese exports rose by seven per cent in the first seven months of 2024.
      How data disagrees with western backlash against China exports

      Western media's alarmist tone focuses on China’s growing surplus while data reveals foreign firms have made gains in China

      EconomyOctober 09, 2024
      A printing and packaging factory in Qingzhou, in eastern China's Shandong province. China’s manufacturing industry is struggling to attract new investors. AFP
      What China’s fading appeal to foreign investors means for its economy

      Overseas investors continue their pivot to the Chinese services sector, as manufacturing loses its lustre

      EconomyAugust 16, 2024
      US President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump at a debate. American politics officially turned populist with the presidency of Mr Trump in January 2017. AP
      US money talks, but does it make foreign companies walk?

      The nationalist tinge seems to have diminished the sense that the US is a safe place for foreigners to invest

      EconomyJuly 26, 2024

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