Four in Five Business Leaders Expect Permanent Disruption as AI, Tariffs and Critical Minerals Competition Reshape Global Commerce, Finds DMCC Future of Trade Report

DMCC Future of Trade 2026 report finds global trade will be shaped by AI, tariff shock, critical minerals and clean tech competition More than 80% of global trade leaders expect slow trade growth with ongoing disruption, while only 4% expect best-case scenario AI-related goods made up 43% of global merchandise trade growth in first half of 2025, growing five times faster than non-AI goods Nearly one fifth of goods imports impacted by tariffs or similar measures South-South trade accounts for around 35% of global trade, outpacing North-North flows Future of Trade 2026 launches in London before follow up events in…