The increasing de-globalisation of the international commerce has been accelerated due to a number of factors, including the ongoing trade wars and the invasion of Ukraine. During the last year or two we have faced issues as the disruption of global supply chains, arising from factors such as the shortage of raw materials, commodities and also due to trade barriers and restrictions to the movement of people, enacted in the world. Re-shoring, nearshoring of friendly-shoring in this context have helped businesses to increase their resilience and helped to optimise processes of manufacturing and distribution along the supply chain. Our panel of experts will treat these and other topics of high relevance for international commerce. Specific consideration will be given to particular industries more impacted by this important trend and possible solutions will be discussed.