At a time when newspapers appear to be in retreat, a new magazine was born in the Italian publishing landscape, dedicated to the impact of geopolitics on foreign trade. GeoTrade, published by Rubbettino, is the new magazine of AWOS – A World of Sanctions, a study center that promotes discussions between companies and institutions on international sanctions, export control regimes and restrictions on foreign trade. GeoTrade, a paper-based quarterly specialist magazine, is a unique editorial project on the Italian market, dedicated to the increasingly topical issue of the impact of geopolitics and state decisions on the economic world through restrictions and trade wars. It is particularly focused on the geopolitical events and scenarios that determine the different forms of restrictive measures (towards subjects and products), embargoes and Pase risk, economic and financial sanctions, export control and trade compliance (rules for release for consumption , compliance and product safety).
Thus the editor of the magazine Paolo Quercia, professor of strategic studies at the University of Perugia: «GeoTrade was born from the meeting of different worlds: business, economics, geopolitics, strategic studies, finance, international security, academia, law, politics and institutions. The goal is to unite the stakeholders of sanctions and other forms of restrictions, to follow the policy making paths at European and international level, to produce geopolitical and technical-scientific analysis of decision-making support for companies and institutions ».
Zeno Poggi, president of AWOS: «The competitiveness of the country-system and of companies in global markets also depends on the construction of a shared culture of compliance, in an international context in which protectionism and restrictions proliferate. In building this culture AWOS, now also through GeoTrade, can contribute to helping companies to face the challenges posed by this world of sanctions ».
The publisher Florindo Rubbettino explains: «Rubbettino is a publishing house that has always been committed to spreading issues related to political and business freedom. A magazine like GeoTrade fits perfectly into our editorial production, allowing us to carry on our mission also in the sector of specialized magazines ».
The first issue of GeoTrade is dedicated to the theme “Biden, Brexit and Xi. What changes for Europe? “, With articles by Pasquale De Micco (DG Trade of the European Commission), Brian O’Toole (Atlantic Council), Giuliano Noci (Politecnico di Milano), Roberto Serra (Agenzia delle Customs), Nicola Gelder (ZPC Srl), Alessandro Belluzzo (President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in London). In addition to the cover story, the first issue presents insights on Iran and the nuclear deal (Nicola Pedde, Institute of Global Studies), Libya and the embargo (including an article by Francesco Maria di Majo, former president of ‘Port Authority of the central-northern Tyrrhenian Sea), the new regulation of dual-use products (Alberto Cutillo, Massimo Cipolletti and Miriam Mariella of the UAMA – Ministry of Foreign Affairs), the blocking regulation (Alessandro Modiano, Minister Plenipotentiary, Ministry Foreign), the CO.COM. and the role in the cold war (Paolo Salvatori, former intelligence services executive) and a series of columns signed, among others, by Piero Bellante (lawyer expert in customs law), Carlo Pelanda (G. Marconi University of Rome) and Roberto Poli (University of Trento).