Editor profile

James Wong

محرر أول، السياسة التجارية

James Wong specializes in international trade agreements and the impact of geopolitical shifts on global markets. He monitors WTO developments and regional trade pacts across the Asia-Pacific.

james.wong@gtradejournal.org

Bylined articles

Global Trade

The New Geometry of Global Trade Under Geopolitical Reshaping: AI, Supply Chain Shifts, and the Long-Term Structural Evolution of Regional Blocs

In-depth analysis of the structural changes in the 2025 trade landscape, from the adjustment of US-China trade friction to the AI-driven trade growth engine, exploring how geopolitics reshapes the geometry of global supply chains, and looking ahead at the long-term trends of regionalization and resilience building.

James Wong1 min read
Global Trade

WTO Warning: Trade fragmentation may lead to a 6.9% loss in global GDP—Structural challenges in reshaping global trade governance

This article deeply analyzes the World Trade Organization's (WTO) warning about the risk of global trade fragmentation, discusses how geopolitical tensions and the rise of trade protectionism threaten the stability of the existing multilateral trading system, and forecasts the future trends of regionalization and restructuring in global supply chains.

James Wong3 min read
Tariffs & Policy

Structural Challenges of the Global Trading System: Paradigm Shift from Multipolar Economy to Supply Chain Restructuring

In-depth analysis of the structural pressures faced by the WTO system under multipolar economies, the rise of emerging economies, and geopolitical influences. This paper explores the changing voice of lower and middle-income economies in global trade, and how digital and climate policies are reshaping the global value chain landscape.

James Wong4 min read
Global Trade

WTO Warning: Trade fragmentation could erase 6.9% of global GDP

In-depth analysis of the WTO warning on the risk of global trade fragmentation, exploring how geopolitics, digital trade, and state intervention are reshaping global supply chain structures, and forecasting structural changes in future economic growth.

James Wong3 min read
Commodities

Commodity price risk and material scarcity: Global supply chains are repricing “availability”

The 2025 Global Risk Management Survey ranks commodity price risk and material scarcity as the sixth-largest global risk, and projects they will rise to fourth place by 2028. This article analyzes, from four dimensions—supply chain structure, industry exposure, risk transfer, and long-term trade trends—how price volatility and material unavailability are simultaneously reshaping global production and logistics systems.

James Wong7 min read
Tariffs & Policy

How Policy Centralization Is Reshaping the Global Role of China's Supply Chain — Observations Based on New Stanford Research

After 2013, the focus of China's policy-making shifted from local experiments to central directives, causing approximately 400 billion yuan in industrial output losses and 32 billion yuan in export losses each year. How has this governance shift affected the layout of global supply chains? The latest research by Stanford SCCEI reveals the underlying logic.

James Wong6 min read
Global Trade

Veerixa Incorporates AI Visibility into Global Communications Resource Selection

Veerixa commercial service platform has officially launched, incorporating AI Visibility and Search Visibility into global communication resource selection, reflecting that the way corporate information is discovered is expanding from traditional media exposure to AI and search ecosystems.

James Wong5 min read