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The global commercial vehicle market faced significant headwinds in 2024, with declining sales in the medium-duty (MD) and heavy-duty (HD) truck segments. This trend continued into the first half of 2025. Economic uncertainty, exacerbated by trade and tariff policies in the United States, stricter emission standards, rising inflation, supply chain ...

22 Sep 2026  |  Global  |  Market Research

Global Trade Bloc Transformations, 2040

Next-Gen Trade and Economic Blocs Will Center Around Technology, Energy Security, and Critical Minerals Alliances

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Accelerating geopolitical fragmentation, industrial policy intervention, and the emergence of regionally aligned trade ecosystems will structurally transform global trade by 2040. As the multilateral trading system weakens and geopolitical alignment increasingly dictates trade flows, resilience-led regionalization, where countries and firms priorit...

Global economic activity in 2026 is set against a backdrop of moderating growth, persistent tariff pressures, and geopolitical volatility. While global GDP growth is forecast to ease from 3.2% in 2025 to 3.0% in 2026, supply chain realignment and sustained fiscal spending will create critical growth avenues in AI, defense, critical minerals, and re...

In 2024, enterprises pressed ahead with their digital transformation journeys amid rising complexity in technology landscapes and the emergence of generative AI (GenAI). While GenAI offers transformative potential across industries, verticals, and functional areas, it demands robust cloud and data foundations, driving increased reliance on global s...

The global economy is undergoing rapid transformation with trade and supply chain reorientation, the digital reshaping of businesses and economies, and sustainability-linked policy shifts. These transformative trends will alter the long-term global investment and economic landscape and influence the nature of economic growth cycles across countries...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is poised for robust economic expansion, with real GDP growth forecast to average 4.7% between 2025 and 2030, outpacing the 2.6% recorded between 2019 and 2024. Population growth is anticipated to stay positive, reaching 12.3 million in 2030 from 11.1 million in 2024, with the share of adult and middle-aged adult and ...

The CX industry is in a disruptive state as IT decision-makers and customer contact leaders struggle with prioritizing and procuring budgets and persuading executives to align CX and corporate goals. There is a fear of failure in these uncertain times, making organizations less agile than in previous years. Trust, ease of use, and reliability are t...

Global economic conditions in Q2 2026 are defined by heightened geopolitical stress, energy market volatility, and supply chain and trade disruptions. The outbreak of the US–Iran conflict has altered the global growth trajectory, trimming roughly 0.3 percentage points from annual expansion (compared to 3.4% in 2025) and pushing Q2 2026 growth to it...

Enterprise awareness and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) have accelerated significantly worldwide. Advances in AI technologies, combined with increased accessibility, are enabling businesses to integrate AI seamlessly into their operations. Nearly 90% of IT and business decision-makers recognize AI and machine learning as critical to achie...