Category: Trade

India has built major ports, highways, industrial corridors and logistics networks, but much of the country’s trade infrastructure is designed around moving whatever cargo happens to arrive. A more unconventional strategy would…

India’s export ambitions are usually discussed in terms of products. Cars, pharmaceuticals, machinery, textiles, chemicals, electronics and agricultural products dominate the conversation. But international trade increasingly depends on something less visible: compliance….

India’s export strategy has traditionally focused on physical products. Cars, medicines, textiles, chemicals, machinery and agricultural goods are important parts of the country’s international trade. But an overlooked opportunity lies between products…

India’s ports are designed primarily around moving cargo. Containers arrive, containers leave, and the efficiency of the system is usually measured through the volume of goods handled. But a port can do…

India’s manufacturing ambitions are usually associated with building new factories and producing new machines. But there is another industrial opportunity hiding in plain sight: the enormous global market for used and ageing…

India’s trade ambitions are usually discussed through large categories. Automobiles, pharmaceuticals, electronics, textiles, chemicals, engineering goods and agricultural products dominate the conversation. Governments and companies naturally focus on products that can be…

Global trade is entering a period in which information may become as important as physical infrastructure. For decades, competitive advantage was largely associated with factories, ports, machinery, capital and access to cheap…

Global trade is often presented as a world where any competitive company can find customers anywhere. The internet has made international buyers easier to discover, digital payments have simplified transactions and shipping…

For decades, global trade was built around one powerful principle: efficiency. Companies searched for the cheapest place to manufacture, the most efficient shipping route and the lowest-cost supplier. The result was an…

A country does not always need to impose a tariff to make foreign products more expensive. Sometimes it only needs to change the rules governing how those products are allowed into the…