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Trade rewired

Who sells to whom: supply chains, buyers and suppliers being rebuilt around new partners.

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012 new routes Mexico, not China, now sells America the most goods 052 new routes China's ASEAN trade is now almost double its US trade 038 new routes America's duty-free parcels grew almost tenfold in nine years 118 new routes Mexico's factories now outproduce Britain's and France's 127 new routes The EU now buys more US gas than Russian gas 133 new routes Brazil mines 93% of the world's niobium 141 new routes More Vietnamese now work in industry than on farms 165 new routes Factories now make more of Cambodia's economy than China's 172 new routes Kazakhstan now sells Russia more than Germany does 176 new routes China fell to third among America's suppliers in 2025 195 new routes America overtook China as Taiwan's biggest export market 220 power shift Nickel made Indonesia the world's fifth-biggest iron and steel exporter
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121 new routes The UAE sold more goods abroad than France in 2025 131 new routes Malaysia again sells more to America than to China 151 new routes Indonesia set to use more palm oil than it exports 170 new routes China now buys more from Brazil than from Germany 199 new routes Mongolia's coal exports hit a record 90 million tonnes 202 new routes Viet Nam's ports now handle more containers than Japan's 211 new routes Liberia overtook Panama as the biggest flag by ship capacity
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