Sustainable Trade Index 2025: The global economy is transitioning from resilience — the dominant strategy in international trade between 2022 and 2024 — to a phase of economic unilateralism in mid-2025, driven by tariff escalations between long-standing trade partners.

The United Kingdom has taken the top spot in the 2025 Hinrich-IMD Sustainable Trade Index (STI), ending New Zealand’s three-year reign and pushing it to No. 2.

Australia and Singapore have retained their positions at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively.

While the composition of the top 10 economies remains unchanged, there have been notable movements within the list. South Korea and Hong Kong (SAR) have climbed the ranks , whereas Japan has slipped two places.

The United States, ranked No. 9 , recorded a significant redu

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