Driving commercial and political engagement between Asia, the Middle East and Europe
Driving commercial and political engagement between Asia, the Middle East and Europe
Driving commercial and political engagement between Asia, the Middle East and Europe
Cecilia Malmström, the EU Commissioner for Trade, has welcomed China’s commitment to free trade but has said that further actions are needed. Speaking at the European Business Summit in Brussels…
Trade Ministers from the 11 countries still involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) met in Hanoi over the last few days in a bid to save the trade deal after…
China has today approved ‘Bond Connect’, a trading platform through which international investors can access the $US9 trillion Chinese bond market. While international companies can issue Renminbi (RMB) bonds into…
The Beijing Belt and Road Summit closed on Monday evening to great fanfare, so what was achieved? Here is the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in numbers – the summit…
…as well as maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities to service aircraft. China also committed to importing goods worth $US2 trillion over the next five years, investing up to $US150 billion…
With the presidential election in Iran scheduled for 19 May, another candidate has pulled out of the race today, leaving the incumbent Hassan Rouhani with four challengers. Tehran’s mayor Mohammad…
…‘liberal elite’, this could pose a problem. The business and government community represented at the forum were keen to reassure the audience that the circumstances which lead to the UK…
…deal would be a great success for Brussels where the EU has only completed one other deal in Asia – with South Korea. All other FTA negotiations in Asia are…
At yesterday’s World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Cambodia, AirAsia’s Tony Fernandes emphasised the need for ASEAN to become more inclusive in order to see better economic growth in the…
Investment in China’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI) has slowed this year according figures from Chinese Ministry of Commerce, reports the FT. Official figures show a foreign direct investment (FDI)…
South Korea’s newly-elected, President Moon Jae-in, may shake up the US-South Korea alliance which was established after World War II. While the US has urged South Korea to step up…
…Korean, Malaysian and Japanese companies all have complexes being built in the city but, unsurprisingly, the main players are the Chinese. The major new highway into the centre of Phnom…
South Korea has elected Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party as successor of the impeached former President Park Geun-hye. It was a decisive victory for the liberal politician, with voter…
…million in 2012; in comparison, trade between the EU and Thailand amounted to €32.9 billion in 2015. At the legislative level, EU companies are not on equal footing with other…
The Asia Institutional Investors Alliance (AIIA), a consortium of private and institutional investors led by China Minsheng Investment Group (CMIG), is launching a Silk Road mega fund to invest in…
…AIIB be successful in achieving a suitable credit rating for the bonds, there is likely to be a high level of interest among the international investor community, especially given the…
