The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
Topics at Trade and Strategic Resources: the pages in this section are listed below, each with its own scope and status.
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The Trade and Strategic Resources topics are the eight subject dossiers of its field, among them trade corridors and chokepoints, critical minerals, and food and energy trade. Each dossier sets out how the risk develops, what is measured and in which units, the public sources and their licences, the methods, who decides and the limits of the evidence.
GCRI is a research, development and policy institution. It is not a regulator, and it does not certify, license or approve; its findings carry their methods and uncertainty.
The topics run from corridors and chokepoints through critical minerals, semiconductors, food and energy trade and logistics to fragmentation, supplier concentration and responsible sourcing.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rerouting | Diverting ships to an alternative, usually longer, route when the usual one is closed or unsafe. |
| Criticality assessment | An evaluation combining a material's economic importance with its supply risk. |
| Cereal import dependency ratio | The share of a country's cereal supply that comes from imports, as defined by FAO. |
| Wafer fabrication | The manufacturing of integrated circuits on silicon wafers in a fab. |
| Temperature excursion | Exposure of a product to temperatures outside its permitted range. |
The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.
Ports, straits, rail and supply corridors.
TopicMining, refining, demand and resource security.
TopicCommodity security and import dependencies.
TopicElectronics, advanced materials and fabrication inputs.
TopicTransport time and disruption.
TopicRestrictions, market transmission and substitution.
TopicSingle points of failure in production.
TopicEnvironmental, labour and traceability limits.
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