Familiar risks reappear in 2020, but amplified; agility is key for businesses
Recent years have seen political risk come roaring back with a vengeance while technology has driven both transparency and opacity with equal speed
MICHAEL Bloomberg's selection as the Democratic candidate for the US presidential elections in 2020 will be the moment that international business breathes a sigh of relief.
Regardless of his party, his subsequent election will convince many that order is restored, and that the past decade has been an aberration.
However, if he fails on either count, it will confirm what many of us suspect - the rules for global business and international relations have been altered beyond recognition, and the instability we are now experiencing is here to stay.
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