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Businesses must build their 'geopolitical muscle', according to this expert

This video is part of: Centre for Regions, Trade and Geopolitics

Nikolaus Lang is Chair of the BCG Center for Geopolitics. As the world becomes more multipolar with power centres outside the West in China, Russia and increasingly the Global South, shifting trade flows are breaking down old alliances and economic nationalism is on the rise. In this environment, businesses can put on ‘geopolitical muscle’ by focusing on 2 key elements.

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