Capability domain

Trade & Investment

Trade & Investment encompasses infrastructure, policies, digital trade, investment flows, export competitiveness, sophistication, value chain integration, and trade dependencies that shape a country’s global economic engagement and influence.

This domain in the National Capability Atlas

Share of attention worldwide
6.9%
Over the last 52 weeks, against 8.8% the 52 weeks before. An even share would be 10.8%.
Rank among the domains
9 of 9
By share of attention worldwide over the last 52 weeks.
Trends
27 of 250
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Regional Attention

Where Trade & Investment draws the most attention: its trends’ shares of all the attention there, added up, and its rank among the nine domains.

By region

Share of attention in each place, and its rank among the domains there: the 10 highest of 11.

By bloc

9.2%

#7

8.5%

#9

7.3%

#9

7.2%

#9

7.1%

#9

7.0%

#9

7.0%

#9

6.3%

#9

6.3%

#8

6.2%

#9

Share of attention in each place, and its rank among the domains there: the 10 highest of 13.

By country

18.3%

#1

16.7%

#2

14.1%

#4

10.9%

#2

9.8%

#6

9.1%

#6

8.7%

#7

8.3%

#8

8.2%

#8

8.2%

#9

Share of attention in each place, and its rank among the domains there: the 10 highest of 49.

Share of attention over time

The share of all the attention the 250 trends draw that goes to the trends in Trade & Investment, week by week, worldwide and in each region. Its even share, 10.8%, is the share it would have if every trend drew the same attention.

Share of attention to Trade & Investment

A four-week rolling average, worldwide and in each region, against its even share. Select a place below to bring its line forward.

Top trends

The trends in Trade & Investment drawing the most attention, rising or falling most, or moving most, in the place and period chosen.

All Trends
Trade & InvestmentSteady
Tariff escalation
5.4×
attention last 4 weeks
Index 541· +3% WoW· Turbulent
Trade & InvestmentSteady
Trade deals & regional agreements
3.0×
attention last 4 weeks
Index 296· −2% WoW· Shifting
Trade & InvestmentSteady
Sovereign wealth funds
1.9×
attention last 4 weeks
Index 188· 0% WoW· Turbulent
Trade & InvestmentSteady
Rare earth dependence
1.8×
attention last 4 weeks
Index 179· −4% WoW· Turbulent
Trade & InvestmentSteady
Fertiliser dependence
1.3×
attention last 4 weeks
Index 132· −2% WoW· Shifting
Trade & InvestmentSteady
Shifting economic weight
1.1×attention last 4 weeksIndex 112 · +1% WoW · Stable
Trade & InvestmentSteady
LNG trade expansion
0.94×attention last 4 weeksIndex 94 · −1% WoW · Shifting
Trade & InvestmentSteady
Nuclear fuel supply
0.66×attention last 4 weeksIndex 66 · 0% WoW · Turbulent
Trade & InvestmentSteady
Port & carrier concentration
0.63×attention last 4 weeksIndex 63 · −2% WoW · Stable

The trends with the highest attention intensity for Trade & Investment trends only over the last 4 weeks. 1× is the typical trend.

The themes the trends in Trade & Investment fall into, with how many of its trends are in each.

Scenarios

The scenarios the trends in Trade & Investment bear on most: those with the most of its trends graded High or above.

All 27 trends in Trade & Investment

Rank
Trend
Thematic
Intensity
Index
Change, WoW
Volatility
1Trade, supply chains & industrial policy5.4×541+3%
Turbulent±6%
2Trade, supply chains & industrial policy3.0×296−2%
Shifting±3%
3Trade, supply chains & industrial policy1.9×1880%
Turbulent±5%
4Trade, supply chains & industrial policy1.8×179−4%
Turbulent±5%
5Energy, food & commodity dependence1.3×132−2%
Shifting±5%
6Geopolitics, defence & deterrence1.1×112+1%
Stable±2%
7Energy, food & commodity dependence0.94×94−1%
Shifting±4%
8Energy transition & power systems0.66×660%
Turbulent±5%
9Trade, supply chains & industrial policy0.63×63−2%
Stable±2%
10Trade, supply chains & industrial policy0.54×54+2%
Shifting±3%
11Energy transition & power systems0.52×52+1%
Shifting±4%
12Trade, supply chains & industrial policy0.49×49−4%
Shifting±3%
13Geopolitics, defence & deterrence0.44×440%
Shifting±4%
14Energy, food & commodity dependence0.43×43−7%
Shifting±4%
15Geopolitics, defence & deterrence0.36×36−9%
Shifting±3%
16Trade, supply chains & industrial policy0.35×35−8%
Shifting±4%
17Trade, supply chains & industrial policy0.28×28−1%
Turbulent±12%
18Trade, supply chains & industrial policy0.26×26−7%
Shifting±5%
19Trade, supply chains & industrial policy0.25×25−1%
Stable±2%
20Trade, supply chains & industrial policy0.23×23−9%
Turbulent±5%
21Trade, supply chains & industrial policy0.22×22−3%
Turbulent±5%
22Trade, supply chains & industrial policy0.18×18−2%
Stable±2%
23Trade, supply chains & industrial policy0.17×17−6%
Shifting±4%
24Energy, food & commodity dependence0.13×13−6%
Shifting±4%
25Energy, food & commodity dependence0.09×9+3%
Stable±3%
26Trade, supply chains & industrial policy0.09×9−3%
Turbulent±6%
27Trade, supply chains & industrial policy0.06×60%
Stable±2%