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CARAVAN – Volume 1 | Issue 06

September 2026 · Dubai

Trade intervention has stopped being an exception and become a permanent feature of doing business. Issue 06 traces how tariffs, subsidies and domestic-production rules are reshaping the economics of a transaction — from repricing an existing contract, to a single fertilizer's global value chain, to why compliance now sits at the centre of the commercial decision.

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Executive Summary

Inside this issue

  • The cheapest quoted commodity is no longer necessarily the cheapest commodity to buy — tariffs, financing and compliance now sit inside the price itself, not beside it.
  • Global trade-policy activity in early 2026 ran at nearly twice its 2024 level and about 25% above the 2025 average, with restrictive measures rising across both G20 and non-G20 economies.
  • A 100 per cent US tariff on specified patented pharmaceutical imports shows how quickly industrial policy can alter import economics — without the underlying product changing at all.
  • Repricing an existing contract requires answering five questions before the number changes — starting with what specifically shifted, not how much to raise.
  • A $200-per-tonne saving on paper can disappear before a cargo is even paid for, cleared and delivered — compliance has moved from a back-office control function to the centre of the commercial decision.
Table of Contents

What's inside Issue 06

02Price Was Never Just Supply and Demand — CEO's Note
03The Return of Protectionism — Cover Story
04When the Price You Agreed No Longer Works — Business Clinic
05The Assets Global Capital Has Yet to Discover — Investment Opportunity
06Urea: Where Energy Becomes Food — Commodity Dossier
07The Price on the Screen Isn't the Price You Pay — Market Intelligence
08The Cheapest Deal Can Become the Most Expensive — Executive Voice
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The Return of Protectionism
Cover Story

The Return of Protectionism

A more fragmented world is a more complex trading environment: what the global tariff surge means for business in the Gulf, and why a tariff no longer sits at the edge of a transaction — it can change the transaction's economics entirely.

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When the Price You Agreed No Longer Works
Business Clinic

When the Price You Agreed No Longer Works

A long-term customer who fixed a price precisely because they wanted certainty is usually the hardest repricing conversation, not the easiest — five questions decide whether a tariff-driven increase holds the relationship or breaks it.

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Urea: Where Energy Becomes Food
Commodity Dossier

Urea: Where Energy Becomes Food

From natural gas to global fields: how one nutrient connects the energy system to food security, and why nearly 34 per cent of global urea trade moves through a single strait.

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