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Episode 14: AI Tsunami - Global Trade Boom or Bust?

AI's Impact on International Trade: Boom or Deglobalization?

Host Justin Hayden Miller, global trade lawyer at a top European law firm, analyzes AI's dual impact on global trade. Will it boost efficiency and growth, or drive localization and self-sufficiency? Insights from historical AI milestones, 2025 trade forecasts, and quantum computing trends for European policymakers.

Tailored for senior executives, policymakers, trade professionals and those interested in geopolitics. 

Keywords: AI impact, international trade 2025, globalization deglobalization, AI supply chain optimization, 3D printing robotics, onshoring reshoring, WTO AI projections, Deloitte Tech Trends 2025, UNCTAD trade uncertainties, how AI affects global supply chains, quantum computing trade.

Meta Description: Explore AI's impact on global trade in 2025. Boom or bust? Insights for executives on globalization, 3D printing & more. 

Episode Highlights:

• AI Boosting Trade: Optimizes logistics, predictive chains, tokenized docs, and customs. UNCTAD: Trade uncertainties cost developing countries billions—AI mitigates risks.
• AI Driving Localization: Accelerates robotics and 3D printing, eroding offshoring. Bamboo Lab's PrintMon Maker enables text-to-3D; market to hit $88B by 2030.
• Adoption Speed: Deep Blue (1997) vs. ChatGPT (100M users in months); beats 50-year video tech lag.
• Key Projections: WTO: 34-37% trade rise by 2040 with AI. Deloitte Tech Trends 2025: AI fuels efficiency.
• Risks & Outlook: Data wars, regulatory Luddism, quantum computing acceleration.

Timestamps:

• Intro: AI's Trade Tsunami
• History: Kasparov vs. Deep Blue
• AI Trade Enhancements: Logistics & UNCTAD
• Tech Adoption: Video Calls to AI
• WTO/Deloitte Projections
• Localization: Robotics & 3D Printing 
• Policies: Tariffs & Onshoring
• Risks: Data, Regulations, Parallels
• Conclusions

Resources:

• WTO World Trade Report 2025: AI to boost trade 34-37% by 2040. https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news25_e/wtr_15sep25_e.htm
• Deloitte Tech Trends 2025: AI in business transformation. https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/topics/technology-management/tech-trends.html
• UNCTAD: Uncertainty as the new tariff, costing developing economies. https://unctad.org/news/uncertainty-new-tariff-costing-global-trade-and-hurting-developing-economies
• 3D Printing Market: $88.2B by 2030. https://www.grandviewresearch.

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