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Trump may meet Xi in China as soon as April
US president expressed hope for China’s leader to visit Mar-a-Lago but China seeks more formal setting in Beijing or Washington. Read More Here Also Read: As Tariff Chaos Reigns, What Is Trump Actually Trying to Do?
As China, India ramp up naval rivalry, is the Indian Ocean at a maritime crossroads?
China’s ports and ship deployments in India’s backyard raise concerns of control and influence in Indian Ocean as next possible flashpoint. 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
What The Shanghai Lockdown Tells Us About China’s Future
China’s full-scale lockdown of Shanghai, the country’s largest urban economy, will have far-reaching economic and social costs. More than just a public-health measure, the move should be interpreted as a reassertion of centralized control and a partial reversal of the devolution of power that took root after 1978. Read More Here
China’s Arctic Ambitions Could Make Or Break US-Russian Relations In The Region
While U.S.-Russian relations continue to deteriorate in many spheres, the Arctic provides an arena for possible cooperation. In particular, Russian wariness of China’s Arctic ambitions could provide novel opportunities for warming ties between Moscow and Washington. Read More Here
Maritime Trade Weathers COVID-19 Storm But Faces Far-Reaching Knock-On Effects
The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on maritime trade volumes in 2020 was less severe than initially expected but its knock-on effects will be far-reaching and could transform maritime transport, according to UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2021. The report shows that maritime trade contracted by 3.8% in 2020, reflecting an initial shock, but it rebounded later in […]
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, […]
China’s Deep-Sea Motivation For Claiming Sovereignty Over The South China Sea
Among the many issues at stake is the free and unlimited access to these international waters and the critical trade routes that run across them. These top-water issues are important and have drawn the attention of the largest navies in the world. Read Here | The Diplomat
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