Tech Beats Tariffs: Global Trade Growth Accelerates and Globalization Sets New Record
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- ✓Global trade grew faster in the first half of 2026 as AI infrastructure demand surged.
- ✓The DHL Globalization Tracker showed that semiconductors and networking equipment drove this momentum despite higher tariffs.
- ✓John Pearson said, "The biggest story in global trade right now is AI - not tariffs," keeping supply chains moving.
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- India Economy
India continues to strengthen its trade resiliency by developing new trade agreements
NEW DELHI , Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The global race to build infrastructure for artificial intelligence is giving world trade strong momentum at a time of higher tariffs and geopolitical conflicts.
This is one of the key findings of the latest edition of the DHL Globalization Tracker, released by DHL and New York University's Stern School of Business. Based on more than 30 million data points, the report analyzes international flows of trade, capital, information, and people. It offers the most comprehensive view of globalization available. This edition marks the report's first publication under its new name. It was previously known as the "DHL Global Connectedness Tracker".
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