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Transforming Trade, Financial Times Report

Newspaper - Financial Times

China’s rise, the development of Asia’s infrastructure and
growing integration in the world’s most dynamic region: A SPECIAL SERIES OF EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS AND REPORTS

Asia’s economic resurgence, powered by China’s rise, has resulted in a flood of consumer goods to the markets of the US and Europe and a reverse flow of commodities and components to the region’s manufacturing centres. Combined with an increased division of labour between Asian producers and rising intra-Asian commerce the result has been a sustained rise in trade volumes. China alone saw trade exceed US$1 trillion last year.

This special report provides a comprehensive study on the forces and the companies driving this global upheaval. Based on reports and analysis from FT specialists and exclusive interviews with industry leaders it follows the transformation in trade and transport from the factory floor to the supermarket shelves and how the main industry players are responding.