The COVID-19 pandemic has not been the major setback for global trade that many anticipated

The COVID-19 pandemic has not been the major setback for global trade that many anticipated; rather international trade in goods has surged by as high as 10 per cent above pre-pandemic levels, even in the face of significant supply bottlenecks that constrained further growth, and trade growth is expected to dramatically accelerate in Sub-Saharan Africa, shows a new survey.

New poles of trade growth are identified in Southeast and South Asia, according to the new DHL Trade Growth Atlas published by DHL and New York University (NYU) Stern School of Business.