Fresh Fragility in Global Trade Set to Be Revealed in 2023

  • Transatlantic tension, subsidies by richest nations to feature
  • Evolution of US-China relations to have broad-reaching effects

Shipping containers at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, US.

Photographer: Tim Rue/Bloomberg
Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

It’s been almost two years since an Arabian sandstorm roiled the world’s supply networks by nudging a 1,300-foot-long container ship into the muddy bank of the Suez Canal.

The Ever Given’s week-long grounding delivered a key warning: The global trading system isn’t as stable as we thought.