Global trade is entering one of those uneasy phases when the old map no longer explains the world, but the new one has yet to fully form. For decades, the logic was simple enough: build where it’s cheapest, scale where it’s easiest, ship where demand is. That formula pulled much of the world’s manufacturing gravity toward traditional hubs, which rose from one workshop among many to the workshop of the world. Countries across the world are making their case. India leans on a l