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Simon J. Evenett

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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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
Simon J. Evenett
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
Simon J. Evenett
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
Simon J. Evenett
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
Simon J. Evenett
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
Simon J. Evenett
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
Simon J. Evenett
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
Simon J. Evenett

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