The world is now facing a “new global disorder”: an era of geopolitical and economic uncertainty that began with the imposition of sweeping tariffs during US President Donald Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day”, which in turn led to an intensified US-China trade war.The ensuing fallout — geoeconomic fragmentation,rising protectionism and disrupted supply chains — has shaken, if
not completely eroded, long-held certainties about globalisation and the rules-based international order.
