{"id":91,"date":"2026-03-27T13:59:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thejubril.org\/?p=91"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:25:15","slug":"from-globalization-to-friend-shoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejubril.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/from-globalization-to-friend-shoring\/","title":{"rendered":"From Globalization to &#8220;Friend-Shoring&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For thirty years, the global economy was built on one goal: <strong>Efficiency<\/strong>. We made things wherever it was cheapest. But the tide has turned. Today, the new buzzword is <strong>Resilience<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Friend-Shoring?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Friend-shoring&#8221; is a political-economic strategy where supply chains are moved to countries that share similar political values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Pro:<\/strong> It reduces the risk of &#8220;economic blackmail&#8221; or disruptions due to geopolitical conflict.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Con:<\/strong> It is more expensive. When you stop buying from the cheapest supplier and start buying from the &#8220;friendliest&#8221; one, inflation usually follows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The New Economic Map<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We are moving away from a single global market toward &#8220;economic blocs.&#8221; This shift changes everything for investors, as political alignment now matters just as much as profit margins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Takeaway:<\/strong> Trade is no longer just about the bottom line; it\u2019s a tool of foreign policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trade is no longer just about the bottom line; it\u2019s a tool of foreign policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political-economics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thejubril.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejubril.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejubril.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejubril.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejubril.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejubril.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejubril.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejubril.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions\/128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejubril.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejubril.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejubril.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejubril.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}