Trade turbulence in 2026: Strategic priorities for global business
As trade policies and geopolitics shift at speed, agility becomes a competitive advantage, IMD experts share what leaders must focus on in 2026....
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Richard Baldwin
Richard Baldwin is Professor of International Economics at IMD and Editor-in-Chief of VoxEU.org since he founded it in June 2007. He was President/Director of CEPR (2014-2018), a visiting professor at many universities, including MIT, Oxford, and EPFL, and a long-time professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva. Richard is an expert in global economic policy and theory, specializing in international trade.
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What open-source models can teach us about global trade
The rules-based order that underpinned globalization is lurching from an open-source to a closed-source model. But even without the participation of the US, an ‘open hybrid’ system will ensure stability in the...
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Halfway 2025: How to read two quarters under Trump 2.0
July 7, 2025 • by Richard Baldwin in Geopolitics • 2 min read • 
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The mid-year economic outlook: How to read the first two quarters of Trump...