"Play the game in front of you": steering through trade and commodity price turbulence - without a rulebook

Episode notes

Are we witnessing a "rupture" of the rules-based international order? How have tariffs and geopolitical events played out on the ground? And what does this all mean for procurement and supply chain professionals? CIPS global economist Dr John Glen and Fastmarkets commodities expert Ross Yeo make sense of all the noise. Related links CIPS Pulse results Q4 2025: Procurement professionals sound the alarm for sustained consumer price increases in 2026 Find out more about commodity-pricing experts Fastmarkets, a CIPS Official Knowledge Partner Read Canadian Prime Minister's Mark Carney's full speech at Davos

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