The Red Sea Crisis Proves China Was Ahead of the Curve
The Belt and Road Initiative wasn’t a sinister plot. It was a blueprint for what every nation needs in an age of uncertainty and disruption. Read More Here
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Can India Emerge a Global Chip Powerhouse?
While capitalizing on its domestic tech skills, India will need to enter into collaborative tech alliances to make itself an integral part of the global semiconductor industry. Read More Here
Maritime Supply Chains Need Urgent Investment To Boost Resilience To Future Crises
UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2022 warns that maritime transport and logistics require greater investment in infrastructure and sustainability to weather future storms. Read More Here
The Supply Chain Crisis And The Future Of Globalisation
The supply problems have engendered pervasive nervousness and fear. The induced anxiety, translated into politics, has encouraged the belief that countries need to be self-sufficient. Read More Here
The Great Supply-Chain Massacre
It is unclear whether current widespread product shortages are merely a temporary disruption or evidence of a global production meltdown. But today’s supply shocks offer striking parallels with the 2008 global financial crisis, and may require a similarly bold policy response. Read More Here
The World Economy’s Supply Chain Problem Keeps Getting Worse
A supply chain crunch that was meant to be temporary now looks like it will last well into next year as the surging delta variant upends factory production in Asia and disrupts shipping, posing more shocks to the world economy. Read More Here
Out-of-Control Shipping Costs Fire Up Prices From Coffee To Toys
The skyrocketing price of shipping goods across the globe may hit your pocketbook sooner than you think — from that cup of coffee you get each morning to the toys you were thinking of buying your kids. Transporting a 40-foot steel container of cargo by sea from Shanghai to Rotterdam now costs a record $10,522, […]
Why trade with India isn’t such a bad deal for Pakistan…
Transport cost to import one container of goods for Pakistan has increased to more than $1000 during the last few years. Goods from India enter through border on trucks or train which is very cheap. So while our trade deficit with India may increase, our overall trade deficit can reduce due to cheap imports from […]
The Silk Railroad of China-Europe Trade
Multinationals operating in China have been setting up factories deep in the interior in search of affordable labor. The drawback: These plants can be more than a thousand kilometers (621 miles) from the coast. For companies exporting to Europe—still one of the largest markets for Chinese goods—shipping by air from Chongqing or other inland cities […]
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