How will recent changes in international trade impact cross-border vertical integration?

In the first article in the CemWeek series Terry Pavlopoulos examined the reasons that cement and concrete managers offered in support of vertical integration. In the second, Terry looked at how vertical integration might help in a downturn scenario and also explored the characteristics of markets that are ready to vertically integrate. In this final article in the vertical integration mini-series we examine changes in international trade impact cross-border vertical integration and climate change legislation and its potential impact.