Commodity Prices Are Falling - What It Means for Global Trade

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of falling global commodity prices on trade and supply chains, featuring insights from experts at the World Bank and International Finance Corporation.

Global commodity prices - from energy and metals to agriculture - shape everything from shipping demand to supply chain costs. For logistics and trade professionals, understanding these trends is critical to building resilience and staying competitive. In this season's final episode of Beyond The Box, we dive into the World Bank Group’s Commodity Markets Outlook and explore what falling pricesmean for global trade and supply chains in 2026. Our guests: 🎙️John Baffes, Senior Agriculture Economist, World Bank🎙️Farzin Mirmotahari, Senior Operations Officer, International Finance Corporation You’ll learn: 📦 Why energy, metals, and agriculture drive global trade and logistics 📦 How price swings impact exporters, manufacturers, and shipping costs 📦 Key differences between mature and emerging commodity markets 📦 Financing strategies to manage margin pressure and interest rate risks 📦 How trade finance supports sustainability goals like decarbonisation External links: 🔗 Commodity Markets Outlook Report (October 2025), World Bank Group: https://www.worldbank.org/en/research/commodity-markets If you’re a supply chain leader, logistics strategist, or global trade professional, this…

People in this episode

Guests: John Baffes, Farzin Mirmotahari

Topics covered

• commodity prices
• global trade
• supply chains
• logistics
• economic trends

Keywords

• commodity prices
• global trade
• supply chain costs
• logistics
• energy
• metals
• agriculture
• financing strategies
• decarbonisation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: World Bank, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group

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