Final Thoughts
February 5, 2023
Leibowitz: Trade Trends for 2023
Written by Lewis Leibowitz
Now that the new year is one-twelfth over, the changes from last year are taking shape. In foreign policy and trade, a primary focus has changed from economics to geopolitics. Trade between the West and China, which has been the key metric for the last 20 years, has tapered off, although it remains strong. Trade with Russia has shrunk dramatically, a casualty of the war in Ukraine. To make up for shrinkages in trade, a few other bilateral and regional trends are apparent.
