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Examine the changes in the pattern of global trade since the beginning of globalization.

  • Economic Geography

Since the acceleration of globalisation in the post-1990s, world trade has changed not merely in volume but in structure, direction and meaning — from a system of nations exchanging finished goods to a network-based interdependence of tasks, services and data. New production geographies, digital trade and regional blocs have shifted trade from a resource-based exchange…

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  • Introduction: From Exchange to Network
  • 1. Shift from Resource-Based Trade to Value-Chain-Based Trade
  • 2. Rise of Intra-Industry and South–South Trade
  • 3. Geographic Shift: The Rise of the Global South
  • 4. Service and Digital Trade Boom
  • 5. Regionalisation and Geoeconomic Realignment (Friendshoring)
  • …and 4 more sections, with a conclusion

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