Centre for Regions, Trade and Geopolitics

Centre for Regions, Trade and Geopolitics

Helping stakeholders navigate geopolitical shifts and drive economic reforms

A shifting geopolitical landscape is introducing new layers of complexity and risk for business

The Centre for Regions, Trade and Geopolitics offers a trusted platform to explore challenges and opportunities on geo-economics.

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Leading global companies

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International organizations

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National governments

Our initiatives

Our initiatives bring together public and private sector leaders to address global and regional challenges through dialogue, cooperation and practical action.

European Leaders for Growth and Competitiveness

This high-level group advises action on the finance, energy, technology and trade drivers of European growth and competitiveness.

Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation

This initiative helps streamline trade processes to make them faster, cheaper and more effective.

Humanitarian & Resilience Investing Initiative 

This initiative catalyzes private capital to unlock social impact investing in frontier market and increase the resilience of at-risk and crisis-hit communities.

Global Data Partnership Against Forced Labour

This initiative aims to accelerate systems-level efforts to combat forced labour by developing technology tools to scale data sharing, while inspiring new approaches towards action.

Our impact

We work with partners across sectors to respond to shifting geopolitical dynamics and support more open, stable and resilient economies.

A decade of impact

The Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF) has generated over $200 million in trade cost savings – an average 240% return on investment – through 36 projects in more than 20 countries.

TradeTech improves trade transparency

The TradeTech initiative encourages trade facilitation by improving transparency, fostering inter-agency cooperation and enabling data sharing for more effective risk management.

Top organizations unlock investments to support the world’s most vulnerable

Partners of the Humanitarian and Resilience Investing Initiative (HRI) announce over 50 commitments that will boost impact investment and could unlock over $15 billion.

FDI provides capital for development

For the past few years, the World Economic Forum has been piloting sustainable investment facilitation in Cambodia, Ghana, Kenya, and India to help tackle shortfalls in sustainable foreign direct investment (FDI).

Our reports

Small Markets, Global Winners: Pathways to Competitive Industries Beyond Trade Distortions
Trade and Investment
Small Markets, Global Winners: Pathways to Competitive Industries Beyond Trade Distortions

21 October 2026

Unlocking Azerbaijan’s TradeTech Potential
Trade and Investment...
Unlocking Azerbaijan’s TradeTech Potential

19 October 2026

Powering AI at Scale: Optimizing Hyperscale Data Centre Infrastructure in MENA
Geographies in Depth...
Powering AI at Scale: Optimizing Hyperscale Data Centre Infrastructure in MENA

14 October 2026

Unlocking Value: AI for Resilient Growth in MENA
Geographies in Depth...
Unlocking Value: AI for Resilient Growth in MENA

14 October 2026

The New Global Security Stakeholders: How Public-Private Cooperation Can Advance Security and Stability
Global Cooperation...
The New Global Security Stakeholders: How Public-Private Cooperation Can Advance Security and Stability

15 September 2026

ASEAN Digital Economy Outlook 2026
Business...
ASEAN Digital Economy Outlook 2026

14 September 2026

Join our work on regions, trade and geopolitics

We believe multistakeholder dialogue and cooperation underpin the ability to achieve progress on shared priorities. The Centre partners with governments, business, civil society groups and international organizations to generate insight and deliver cooperative solutions to issues of global and regional concern. Be part of this work and join our community.

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Small Markets, Global Winners: Pathways to Competitive Industries Beyond Trade Distortions
REPORT
Small Markets, Global Winners: Pathways to Competitive Industries Beyond Trade Distortions
Unlocking Azerbaijan’s TradeTech Potential
REPORT
Unlocking Azerbaijan’s TradeTech Potential
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