Rajesh Subramaniam took the corner office of logistics major FedEx in February. He is one of the many Indians who have successfully climbed the corporate ladder in US. Subramanian discusses global trade, effects of protectionism and what India needs to do to make itself more business friendly with Arindam Majumder. Edited excerpts:
The air freight industry is going through a slowdown. Does that concern you?
Over the past 50 years, trade has grown faster than GDP. So, air cargo has grown faster than air freight and air express has grown faster than air cargo.
This is happening because the high