All articles by Alex Blair

Alex Blair is a UK-based reporter for GlobalData Media. He writes on topics including conflict, geopolitics, defence and sport.

North American supply chains creak as 80% of Canada’s railways shut down

Canada’s two largest rail freight providers have locked out 9,300 workers after talks with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference union…
Beijing will respond ‘tit-for-tat’ to new US-China trade war – TS Lombard

Beijing will “react tit-for-tat but passively” to the latest reignition of the US-China trade war as Washington appears set to…
Carmakers face fresh allegations of Uyghur forced labour in China

Fresh allegations of complicity in human rights violations by Tesla, Volkswagen, BYD, Toyota and General Motors have been made by…
Red Sea crisis to cause cross-sector disruption for “a few months at least”

With the US military yesterday (18 January) firing its fourth wave of missile strikes on Yemen in the space of…
Samsung poses threat to Taiwan’s ‘silicon shield’

Samsung Electronics will challenge and potentially supplant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) as the world’s largest and highest-valued semiconductor producer,…

Corporate profits responsible for almost half of Europe’s inflation: IMF report

Rising corporate profit margins accounted for 45% of inflation in Europe since the start of 2022, a report released by…
Brazil leads the charge for greater South American integration and dedollarisation

All but one of the region’s heads of state travelled to Brasilia on 30 May for the first South America…
The FDI landscape in Nigeria in 2023

Entrepreneurial endeavour is rarely lacking in Nigeria. The popular pidgin phrase ‘Naija no dey carry last’ (‘Nigerians strive to finish…

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