Trend · rank 74 of 250

Critical input supplier concentration

Many industrial components, chemicals and intermediate goods come from a single country or firm with no substitute that can be scaled quickly, which turns suppliers' commercial and political decisions into leverage over importing nations.

Trade & InvestmentTrade, industry & supply chainstradegeoeconomicsresilience

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Supply-chain concentration. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
74of 250
Sensitivity
9.2rank 130
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above, 1 Critical
PageRank
52.0rank 41
Eigenvector
2.5
Betweenness
20.2
Links
19trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
26.9

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
141
Over a year
+35%Rising
Over three years
+95%
Peak
19022 Feb 2026
Sources
Bothagreement 0.79
Coverage
2languages · 59 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (2 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English92%137+67%
Chinese8%166+80%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

South Korea

Singapore

China

United States

Kenya

Malaysia

Ghana

Netherlands

United Kingdom

South Africa

Taiwan

United Arab Emirates

100

96

72

41

39

37

31

30

28

26

26

26

The 12 highest of 59 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English130−25%+44%+59%
EuropeGoogle in 1 country130−37%+76%+118%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Chinese129−7%+96%+54%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country108−42%+32%+73%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
CanadaGoogle135−48%+385%+46%
IndiaGoogle108−42%+32%+73%
South KoreaGoogle59−62%0%−51%
United KingdomGoogle130−37%+76%+118%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English127−22%+25%+65%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
6 · CriticalCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
2 · LowA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
1 · Very lowA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
1 · Very lowA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighExport controls & economic coercionTrade, industry & supply chains34
4 · HighTrade & investment fragmentationTrade, industry & supply chains37
4 · HighEconomic security policyTrade, industry & supply chains47
4 · HighTariff barrier normalisationTrade, industry & supply chains58
4 · HighShifting economic weightTrade, industry & supply chains78
4 · HighRare earth processing concentrationTrade, industry & supply chains102
4 · HighPharmaceutical input concentrationTrade, industry & supply chains160
3 · ModerateForeign investment slowdown & selectivityTrade, industry & supply chains23
3 · ModerateIndustrial policy competitionTrade, industry & supply chains26
3 · ModerateTrade corridor competitionTrade, industry & supply chains38
3 · ModerateIntellectual property access dependenceTrade, industry & supply chains40
3 · ModerateManufacturing overcapacityTrade, industry & supply chains51
3 · ModeratePort & carrier concentrationTrade, industry & supply chains94
3 · ModerateRegional trade agreement deepeningTrade, industry & supply chains105
3 · ModerateLithography & chip-tool chokepointsTrade, industry & supply chains120
3 · ModerateSanctions circumvention networksTrade, industry & supply chains140
3 · ModerateCritical minerals supply constraintsTrade, industry & supply chains155
3 · ModerateLean inventories & just-in-time logisticsTrade, industry & supply chains184
3 · ModerateNon-tariff compliance & traceabilityTrade, industry & supply chains185