For years the cheapest route won when making logistics decisions. Today however, we see a clear shift from cost to control. The latest BDO Trade Policy Update tracks the shifts from April and May and what they mean for the way you move goods and price risk.
The past two months redrew the risk map for anyone moving goods across borders. The Strait of Hormuz went from open water to controlled access, the EU tightened its steel quotas and production keeps shifting towards connector countries. All this points to a single change in how global trade works, and it affects routing, insurance and capacity planning right now.
To help you stay ahead of it, we have pulled the developments from April and May into five shifts that matter most for the Belgian trade and logistics cluster in one report.
It shows you where political risk is building and which chokepoints have turned into bargaining tools. It also explains why cost control on its own no longer protects a supply chain. You get the EU steel regime, the EU–Mercosur agreement and the new supply-chain resilience accords read through the lens of what they change for the way you trade.
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