Work Amazon Lays Off 30,000 Employees but Plans to Hire 100,000: Tariffs as a Driver of Global Redistribution November 12, 2025 by Lidia Undiemi The phenomenon of reshoring — the return or internal relocation of production and logistics activities from foreign areas to the home country — has emerged as one of the main consequences of global trade tensions and the tariffs introduced in recent years.Multinational corporations, driven by the rising costs of imports and the need to make […] Read more »
Work The New Global Balance: What to Expect from the BRICS after Their Latest Meetings November 12, 2025 / November 12, 2025 by Lidia Undiemi Photo source: brics.br In recent months, the BRICS bloc — now larger and more cohesive — has made it clear that it intends to play a decisive role in redefining the world’s economic and political balance. The 2025 meetings, from the April Foreign Ministers’ summit to the July summit in Rio de Janeiro, mark a […] Read more »
Work China surprises the West: moving towards state control of strategic sectors in the global economy — not only rare earths November 12, 2025 / November 12, 2025 by Lidia Undiemi When, in 2018, the Trump administration launched the so-called “trade war” against China, the goal was straightforward: to hit Chinese exports, reduce the trade deficit, and bring manufacturing back to the United States. But Beijing did not respond with a tariff war – it responded with a structural reform of its own economy, turning […] Read more »
Work The New Systemic Risk for the West: Possible Crises Triggered by the Reorganization of Multinational Corporations November 12, 2025 / November 12, 2025 by Lidia Undiemi In recent years, a deep divide has emerged between China’s development model and that of Western countries. While Beijing has been bringing strategic industrial groups — from rare earths to semiconductors, from energy to transportation — back under state control, the West continues to entrust its productive structure to large private conglomerates, intervening only through […] Read more »
