All articles by Stu Robarts

Stu is editor for Thematic Intelligence at GlobalData, overseeing news and features that cover the major themes affecting industries.

US-China tariffs pause ‘positive’ but uncertainty remains

The deal between the US and China to reduce for 90 days the tariffs recently imposed on imports of each…
Two-thirds of global businesses expect negative impacts from tariffs

A significant majority of businesses from around the world expect to be negatively impacted by tariffs being enacted by US…
ASCM chief: Tariffs’ arbitrage ‘won’t benefit most organisations today’

The effects of the trade tariffs being proposed by the Trump administration in the US on the production costs of…
Risk of tariff-triggered global recession is growing

The risks of both US and global recessions are growing as a result of uncertainty created by the trade tariffs…
The era of easy, frictionless supply chains is over

The global supply chains assembled and organised to optimise profit and speed for over two decades were flipped upside-down by…

‘No trade-off between AI regulation and innovation’

Hours before US vice president JD Vance claimed on 11 February that regulations on AI like those in Europe could…
Trump’s trade, tech wars to hit ‘all sectors all over the world’

The trade and tech wars that Donald Trump is expected to unleash as central pillars of his second US presidency…
ESG plummets among business priorities amid global upheaval

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have nosedived as a priority for businesses as other global and macro matters continue…
Explainer: Why is US apparel consumer confidence set to increase in 2025?

GlobalData’s The Apparel Market in the US to 2028 report forecasts growth of 2.4% to a value of $578bn in…
COP28 podcast: max 1.5°C temperature rise limit now ‘not possible’

Efforts to tackle climate change should begin to focus on limiting and bringing down as quickly as possible the inevitable…