The Global Business Policy Council’s annual Global Trends publication identifies emerging macro trends that will play an outsized role in shaping the global operating environment over the next five years. The trends this year cover a wide array of issues, from various aspects of Sino-American competition to fake news and the future of food.

1. Competition,
Disruption,
and Deception
Global Trends
2018–2023
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2. Competition, Disruption, and Deception:
Global Trends 2018–2023
Five significant
trends will
dramatically
shape the global
outlook and
operating
environment.
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Battle for technological
supremacy
Rise of the
Indo-Pacific
Clean food
revolution
Next-generation
fake news
Transformation of
higher education

3. Battle for
technological
supremacy: The
United States and
China are competing
for hegemony in the
Fourth Industrial
Revolution.
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Competition, Disruption, and Deception:
Global Trends 2018–2023

4. The United States and
China are pursuing
divergent government
and private-sector
strategies in the
race for technological
supremacy.
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Competition, Disruption, and Deception:
Global Trends 2018–2023

5. Rise of the
Indo-Pacific: There
is a new megaregion
at the heart of the
global economy
and geopolitical
competition.
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Competition, Disruption, and Deception:
Global Trends 2018–2023

6. Asian middle powers
are at the center of a
complicated mix of
coalitions and
alliances emerging
in the Indo-Pacific.
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Competition, Disruption, and Deception:
Global Trends 2018–2023

7. Clean food
revolution:
The global food
industry is
experiencing
a profound
disruption.
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Competition, Disruption, and Deception:
Global Trends 2018–2023

8. The “meat mix” is
changing thanks to
new technologies
and consumers
eating healthier and
more sustainable
foods.
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Competition, Disruption, and Deception:
Global Trends 2018–2023

9. Next-generation
fake news:
Falsified video
and audio are
becoming less
expensive and
more convincing.
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Competition, Disruption, and Deception:
Global Trends 2018–2023

10. As it becomes more
difficult to tell reality
from fakery,
confusion, fear,
and distrust will
continue to grow
around the world.
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Competition, Disruption, and Deception:
Global Trends 2018–2023

11. Transformation of
higher education:
Technological changes,
policy shifts, and
companies are
reshaping education
for the 21st century.
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Competition, Disruption, and Deception:
Global Trends 2018–2023

12. A shift toward
technical
training will
result in a more
specialized
global labor
force.
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Competition, Disruption, and Deception:
Global Trends 2018–2023

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