Trend · rank 105 of 250

Regional trade agreement deepening

Regional agreements are extending beyond tariffs into services, investment and regulation while global rule-making stalls, so a nation's market access depends on membership and on its capacity to implement partner rules.

Trade & InvestmentTrade, industry & supply chainstradeinstitutionsgeoeconomics

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Regional trade agreements; takes in Friend-shoring & regional trade blocs. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
105of 250
Sensitivity
5.8rank 201
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
45.4rank 61
Eigenvector
3.5
Betweenness
19.7
Links
17trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
22.4

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
83
Over a year
−40%Fading
Over three years
+10%
Peak
3554 May 2025
Sources
Bothagreement 0.32
Coverage
15languages · 53 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 (15 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English50%81−19%
Chinese17%114+43%
Spanish9%90+3%
Japanese6%84−21%
French5%59−3%
Vietnamese4%74−31%
German3%73−11%
Russian2%82+9%
Portuguese2%88+0%
Korean1%98−40%
Turkish1%83−19%
Thai0%137+4%
Italian0%88−27%
Hebrew0%74−31%
Malay0%112+7%

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.

China

Singapore

Canada

New Zealand

India

Vietnam

Cambodia

United States

South Korea

Australia

United Kingdom

Ireland

100

71

53

44

38

34

32

32

31

30

30

29

The 12 highest of 53 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 English112+70%−16%+33%
EuropeGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian73−6%−34%−9%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 11 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Malay87−0%−14%−13%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country59−3%−81%+107%
Gulf and Middle EastWikipedia in Turkish, Hebrew80+23%−23%−18%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese80−3%−14%−35%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian82−43%+9%−32%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
AustraliaGoogle94+29%−25%+7%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese90+3%−4%−11%
CanadaGoogle324+527%+87%+568%
FranceWikipedia in French59−14%−3%−36%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German76−11%−29%−7%
IndiaGoogle59−3%−81%+107%
IndonesiaGoogle63−43%+271%−39%
ItalyWikipedia in Italian88+3%−27%+33%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese79−13%−21%−16%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean98+11%−36%−2%
MexicoGoogle52−13%−39%−64%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian82−43%+9%−32%
TürkiyeWikipedia in Turkish83+11%−19%−7%
United KingdomGoogle70+1%−53%−17%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English82+22%−39%−8%

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
5 · Very highA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
2 · LowCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
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 novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
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
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗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
5 · Very highEconomic security policyTrade, industry & supply chains47
4 · HighForeign investment slowdown & selectivityTrade, industry & supply chains23
4 · HighTrade & investment fragmentationTrade, industry & supply chains37
4 · HighTrade corridor competitionTrade, industry & supply chains38
4 · HighTariff barrier normalisationTrade, industry & supply chains58
4 · HighShifting economic weightTrade, industry & supply chains78
4 · HighNon-tariff compliance & traceabilityTrade, industry & supply chains185
3 · ModerateIndustrial policy competitionTrade, industry & supply chains26
3 · ModerateTechnical standards competitionDiplomacy & influence50
3 · ModerateGlobal South coalitionsDiplomacy & influence72
3 · ModerateCritical input supplier concentrationTrade, industry & supply chains74
3 · ModerateRare earth processing concentrationTrade, industry & supply chains102
3 · ModerateSovereign wealth & state capitalTrade, industry & supply chains108
3 · ModerateDigital & services trade growthTrade, industry & supply chains116
3 · ModerateAfrica's demographic & economic riseTrade, industry & supply chains172
3 · ModerateCarbon border adjustmentsTrade, industry & supply chains186
3 · ModerateEmerging middle-class demandTrade, industry & supply chains214