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Understanding Structural Shifts in Global Trade and Supply Chains

An advanced framework for macro-focused investors, fund managers, and senior finance professionals on the structural realignment of global trade and supply chains. Covers the end of hyperglobalization and its fracture points (2008, the US-China trade war, COVID, Russia-Ukraine), the new toolkit of economic statecraft (tariffs, sanctions, export controls, industrial policy), the leading indicators that signal supply chain stress before it hits earnings, the great manufacturing realignment across ASEAN, Mexico, and semiconductors, India's specific position as a China+1 beneficiary with its own import vulnerabilities, and a forward-looking scenario framework for translating these shifts into sector and portfolio decisions. Anchored throughout in Indian context: PLI schemes, NSE and BSE sector performance, RBI and commerce ministry data, and real episodes from the last two decades of trade realignment.

Deglobalization and SlowbalisationTariffs, Sanctions and Export ControlsReshoring, Nearshoring and FriendshoringSupply Chain Stress IndicatorsChina+1 and ASEAN ManufacturingSemiconductor Supply ChainsIndia's PLI Schemes and Sectoral WinnersCritical Minerals and Rare EarthsScenario Planning for Trade Fragmentation

MODULES

5

DURATION

~3.1 hrs

TRACK

Macro & Markets

What You'll Master

Explain why the hyperglobalization era broke down, from the 2008 crisis through COVID and the Russia-Ukraine shock

Understand tariffs, sanctions, export controls and industrial policy as tools of economic statecraft, and how markets price them

Read supply chain stress before it hits earnings, using shipping rates, PMI new orders and inventory-to-sales data

Trace the China+1 realignment of manufacturing across ASEAN, Mexico and the semiconductor industry

Identify India's sectoral winners and vulnerabilities in the new trade order, from PLI beneficiaries to import-dependent sectors

Build a scenario framework for fragmentation, reglobalization or bloc formation, and translate it into portfolio decisions

Access Level

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Everything included

Full Text Playbooks

Actionable Exercises

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Curriculum Breakdown

Chapter 1: The End of Hyperglobalization

3 Lessons

From Bretton Woods to the WTO Era: The Arc of Trade Liberalization12 min read

The Fracture Points: 2008, the US-China Trade War, COVID and the Russia-Ukraine Shock13 min read

Deglobalization or Slowbalisation? What the Trade Data Actually Shows12 min read

Chapter 2: The New Toolkit of Economic Statecraft

3 Lessons

Tariffs, Sanctions and Export Controls as Strategic Weapons13 min read

Reshoring, Nearshoring and Friendshoring: Industrial Policy Goes Global12 min read

Reading Supply Chain Stress: Shipping Rates, PMI New Orders and Inventory Cycles12 min read

Chapter 3: The Great Manufacturing Realignment

3 Lessons

China+1 and the ASEAN Manufacturing Boom: Vietnam, India and Indonesia12 min read

Mexico and the Nearshoring of North American Supply Chains11 min read

Case Study: Semiconductors, the Taiwan Chokepoint and the Global Fab Race13 min read

Chapter 4: India's Position in the New Trade Order

3 Lessons

India as a China+1 Beneficiary: PLI Schemes, Electronics and Pharma Exports13 min read

Sectoral Winners on NSE and BSE: Defence, Chemicals, Textiles and Electronics Manufacturing12 min read

India's Own Vulnerabilities: Crude, Semiconductors and Capital Goods Import Dependence12 min read

Chapter 5: Building a Forward-Looking Investment Framework

3 Lessons

Critical Minerals and Rare Earths: China's Leverage and the Scramble for Alternatives12 min read

Scenario Planning: Fragmentation, Reglobalization or Bifurcation into Blocs12 min read

A Monitoring Checklist: Translating Trade Shifts into Portfolio and Sector Decisions13 min read