Alan MacCharles

Customs officers are inspecting a batch of import and export containers at the port freight yard of the Kunshan Comprehensive Free Trade Zone in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, on January 16, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The world is ‘reglobalizing’—and multinationals can’t keep doing business as usual

By Kenneth Dewoskin and Alan MacCharles

A Chinese worker at the MiOne mobile phone factory in the Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park in Mbale, Uganda, on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Under Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative, China has extended about $900 billion over the past decade in infrastructure and other projects around the world, including in Africa. Photographer: Luke Dray/Bloomberg via Getty Images

How U.S.-China competition is benefiting the world—and reshaping the global economy

By Kenneth Dewoskin and Alan MacCharles

BEIJING, CHINA – JULY 08: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (L) listens as Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng (R) speaks during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on July 8, 2023 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein – Pool/Getty Images)

Trade and investment data in the last two years dispel the deglobalization and decoupling myths as U.S.-China competition ignites ‘reglobalization’

By Kenneth Dewoskin and Alan MacCharles