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Fourteen years ago, IIFT Delhi taught me international business.
This weekend, I went back to share what the world is teaching us now.
Our panel at Trade Winds 2026 explored
"Crossing Borders: Enterprise Scale and Startup Agility in a Reglobalizing World."
A few reflections:
Reglobalization isn't de-globalization.
It's globalization with trust built in.
Trade spent three decades optimising for cost. It's now being rebuilt for resilience.
Moving production is the easy part.
Warehousing, fulfilment, compliance and finance have to follow it.
India has quietly built the rails.
Logistics cost is now officially estimated at about 8% of GDP.
The National Logistics Policy, Gati Shakti, ULIP and ONDC give India a digital public stack for trade that few countries can match.
The world is noticing.
Seven countries have approached Hyphen SCS to explore expansion, and each wants a different piece of the same platform.
Going global isn't copy-paste.
It's one engine, configured for every market.
SMEs face the steepest barriers.
Heavy upfront costs, opaque rules and limited capital still keep small businesses out of global trade.
Solving that matters as much as any trade agreement.
AI is cutting the cost of trust.
Verification, matching, documentation and compliance that took weeks now take minutes.
In cross-border trade, where trust is the most expensive input, that's a game-changer.
Agility is a culture. Scale is a system. Crossing borders needs both.
India's next big export isn't only goods.
It's operating systems for trade.
Fourteen years ago, this campus taught me international business.
Today, the world is asking India to teach it back. 🇮🇳
Thank you, IIFT and the Trade Winds team, for bringing me home. 🙏
#Reglobalization #GlobalTrade #SupplyChain #arunpandit #TradeWinds2026
This weekend, I went back to share what the world is teaching us now.
Our panel at Trade Winds 2026 explored
"Crossing Borders: Enterprise Scale and Startup Agility in a Reglobalizing World."
A few reflections:
Reglobalization isn't de-globalization.
It's globalization with trust built in.
Trade spent three decades optimising for cost. It's now being rebuilt for resilience.
Moving production is the easy part.
Warehousing, fulfilment, compliance and finance have to follow it.
India has quietly built the rails.
Logistics cost is now officially estimated at about 8% of GDP.
The National Logistics Policy, Gati Shakti, ULIP and ONDC give India a digital public stack for trade that few countries can match.
The world is noticing.
Seven countries have approached Hyphen SCS to explore expansion, and each wants a different piece of the same platform.
Going global isn't copy-paste.
It's one engine, configured for every market.
SMEs face the steepest barriers.
Heavy upfront costs, opaque rules and limited capital still keep small businesses out of global trade.
Solving that matters as much as any trade agreement.
AI is cutting the cost of trust.
Verification, matching, documentation and compliance that took weeks now take minutes.
In cross-border trade, where trust is the most expensive input, that's a game-changer.
Agility is a culture. Scale is a system. Crossing borders needs both.
India's next big export isn't only goods.
It's operating systems for trade.
Fourteen years ago, this campus taught me international business.
Today, the world is asking India to teach it back. 🇮🇳
Thank you, IIFT and the Trade Winds team, for bringing me home. 🙏
#Reglobalization #GlobalTrade #SupplyChain #arunpandit #TradeWinds2026
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