{"product_id":"global-trade-geopolitics-maritime-trade-book-by-lorenzo-de-donato","title":"The Arteries of Global Trade – Global Trade, Geopolitics \u0026 International Business eBook | Maritime Routes, Trade Finance \u0026 Supply Chains","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTHE ARTERIES OF GLOBAL TRADE\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eEmpires, Banks, Straits \u0026amp; the Geopolitics of Moving the World\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Lorenzo De Donato | 2026 Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory. Geography. Geopolitics. Finance. One interconnected world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy can a narrow stretch of water between Malaysia and Indonesia influence factories thousands of kilometres away?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy does the \u003cstrong\u003eStrait of Hormuz\u003c\/strong\u003e matter to energy markets? 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How did the \u003cstrong\u003eBritish East India Company and Dutch VOC\u003c\/strong\u003e evolve from trading enterprises into instruments of global power?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd what actually happens between a factory producing a product and that product appearing on the other side of the world?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Arteries of Global Trade\u003c\/strong\u003e is a visual and accessible guide to the enormous system that keeps the world economy moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by \u003cstrong\u003eLorenzo De Donato\u003c\/strong\u003e, this illustrated 2026 edition takes readers from the spice routes and East India Companies to container ships, global banks, trade finance, economic chokepoints and the geopolitical competition shaping twenty-first-century commerce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo economics degree required.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComplex subjects are translated into \u003cstrong\u003eclear language, maps, 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