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Learn How AI is Trasforming the Global Business Landscape

Learn about AI from insights from 100+ execs, researchers, and leaked roadmaps into 10 explosive trends poised to reshape work, creativity, and daily life. No hype—just what’s launching. Discover how multimodal AI agents will replace browsers: handling research, bookings, and negotiations autonomously.

See AI CEOs making real-time decisions in Fortune 500 firms, emotion-sensing wearables transforming mental healthcare, and self-coding software that builds apps from voice notes. Even Hollywood faces disruption with AI actors signing contracts. Beyond convenience, these trends solve critical flaws: privacy-preserving AI processes data locally on devices, robot taxes fund universal basic income, and carbon-negative cloud computing turns AI from climate villain to hero. The speed of adoption will shock you—laggards risk obsolescence.

U.S. State Department begins laying off nearly 1,500 workers

U.S. diplomats are bracing for cuts to the State Department workforce. The layoffs are part of a mass reorganization of the federal agency. NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard reports.

Tariff Trends 2025: Expert Insights on the New U.S. Customs Landscape

U.S. tariff policies are changing at an unprecedented pace. Do you have the insights you need to navigate customs clearance and ensure accurate imports? Watch our June 26, 2025 “Tariff Trends 2025” webinar, where our expert panel dive into the latest tariff updates and their impact on your shipments. Speakers: Marcus Eeman, Senior Manager, Customs, Flexport; and Tim Vorderstrasse | Head of Drawback, Flexport.

Political Fallout from Polarization of Supreme Court

The Supreme Court wrapped up its term this week after a series of significant and contentious rulings. A PBS panel discusses the dynamics of the court and the political implications of the polarization between the conservative supermajority and liberal dissenting voices.

Strong Economic Outlook for 2025

Doing Business in America and the Global Economic Outlook

Eric Van Nostrand, the U.S. Treasury Department’s chief economist discusses the U.S. economic outlook.

The global macroeconomic outlook is uncertain, and monetary policy is in a restrictive stance, but American business investment is outperforming expectations. Hiring, though slowing from unsustainable levels, appears steady, and the outlook for future investment appears positive.

Global Trade Survey 2024: Worries and Optimism

For the third edition of the Allianz Trade Global Survey, the company asked over 3,000 companies in China, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the UK and the U.S .about their outlook for global trade in the year ahead. The survey found that exporters are more optimistic, but also more worried about geopolitical risks, shortages of inputs & labor and financing & non-payment risks. More details are available here.

Category: Global Economy