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Forum Stories (2025.4.11)

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Forum Stories
Your weekly curated analysis of the top global issues
Welcome to Forum Stories!
  • In the spotlight this week: How AI can help businesses and governments navigate a new era for trade. 
  • We’re also looking at maternal health for World Health Day and building a future-ready manufacturing workforce.
This week’s newsletter is 757 words, a 3-minute read.
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1. Spotlight: Navigating a new era for trade with AI
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The era of tariff turmoil will be a defining test of AI’s ability to decipher unclear and confusing outcomes. AI systems can help with vast data handling and new trade compliance obligations, as well as screening new commercial opportunities or tackling administrative burdens. The Forum’s Head of International Trade & Investment, Sean Doherty, outlines the opportunities for trade here.
  • The TradeTech Forum 2025 took place this week in Abu Dhabi. Participants shared new policy suggestions to help countries update their trade rules. The goal is to support interoperability, security and innovation through a more streamlined global digital trade ecosystem.
  • Digitalizing the trade ecosystem could increase trade by nearly $9 trillion by 2026 within the G7 alone. In a recent episode of Radio Davos, trade experts explored how technology is revolutionizing global commerce and investment.
  • AI adoption in trade comes with challenges and costs, however. Explore the costs and benefits of AI in a Forum report, Artificial Intelligence for Efficiency, Sustainability and Inclusivity in TradeTech, published during Davos.
What businesses and governments can do to progress TradeTech: Policymakers and governments should ensure there is adoption of the technology in their regulations and systems to build resilience with increased security and efficiency.

Tariff upheaval has presaged market volatility as economists weigh up the possibility of a global recession: Explore how new US tariffs are impacting your country and here’s what to know about public debt.
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2. Looking back on World Health Day 2025
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Every two minutes, a woman loses her life due to complications during pregnancy or childbirth. This outlines the urgency for this year’s World Health Day theme: “Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures”. If the world is to achieve the SDG of reducing the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030, action must be accelerated: here’s how.More health stories:
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3. Building a future-ready manufacturing workforce
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Roughly 40% of the core skills in the manufacturing and supply chain sector will change in the next 3-5 years and, as a result, over 54% of workers will need additional training by 2030, according to the Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025. Coordinated efforts between industry, education, and policymakers are needed to build a manufacturing workforce equipped for the future.
  • The rapid evolution of digital technologies, sustainability imperatives and shifting market dynamics are fuelling change in the sector. A new Forum report outlines an innovative approach to manufacturing, unleashing the possibilities of emerging technologies and sustainability.
  • Companies that view frontline talent as an investment rather than a cost can achieve improvements in stability, finance and productivity. This report explores why putting talent at the centre is critical to long-term success.
Why it matters: Manufacturers that prioritize talent innovation and embed structured investment processes will not only thrive in today’s evolving landscape but also lead the future of industrial transformation.

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