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    Tensions between China and US: closer EU-China trade relations?

    Could trade relations between China and the European Union profit from the tensions between China and the US? This article tries to answer this question by exploring the impact of the transatlantic and transpacific trade tensions on China-EU trade relations. The China-US phase one deal certainly did...
    Ganyi Zhang
    June 23 2020
    8 min

    EU-Brazil trade amid the recovery and outbreak

    Brazil is the single largest supplier of agricultural products and the main supplier of raw material for the European Union. Whilst the country is now in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic, this paper discusses the impact of the outbreak in Brazil on the recovery of the EU. Since May, as Europe b...
    Ganyi Zhang
    June 09 2020
    7 min

    Cross-border E-commerce: a silver lining to the uncertainty of global trade?

    The pandemic has resulted in a strong increase in demand for e-commerce since lockdown measures have led consumers to seek more online options. Under the challenges facing global trade, which the IMF predicts will suffer an 11% annual contraction, we analyze in this paper if cross-border e-commerce ...
    Ganyi Zhang
    May 26 2020
    9 min
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    Coronavirus: EU-Vietnam trade in the post-lockdown phase

    The Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Vietnam is likely to enter into force in July 2020. In this article, we analyze the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on trade between these two stakeholders, and the perspectives in the post-lockdown phase. Among all the Southeast Asian countries confronting ...
    Ganyi Zhang
    May 12 2020
    7 min

    Oil prices at an all-time low: good news for transport and logistics?

    Oil prices are plunging and even to the point of crossing the threshold of a negative value: this situation seemed impossible only a few days ago, but briefly became reality, thus testifying to the serious economic crisis linked to the Covid-19 epidemic. It remains to be seen whether the decline is ...
    David Thebault
    May 07 2020
    7 min

    China-EU trade: Central Eastern European countries are benefiting

    Unsurprisingly, the EU’s trade with China in the first quarter of 2020 has suffered a 10% loss in exports and a 6% drop in imports, losing its position as China’s largest trading partner to ASEAN. However, it is worth noting that there was an overall 6% increase of Chinese imports from Central Easte...
    Ganyi Zhang
    April 27 2020
    6 min

    Strategic autonomy of EU industry: No better time to discuss than now

    The current coronavirus pandemic has sharply raised the question of European strategic autonomy. In this article, we have chosen to address this topic from two perspectives: the role of Foreign Direct Investments and the reshoring options to create a Pan-European value chain. On March 10th, the EU C...
    Ganyi Zhang
    April 14 2020
    6 min

    Throughput of Chinese Ports: the first impacts of the pandemic

    According to data published by the Chinese Ministry of Transport, the total throughput of Chinese ports has decreased by 8%, and by 11% for container shipping volume during the first two months of 2020, partly due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Moreover, China will be facing a declining demand from th...
    Ganyi Zhang
    April 07 2020
    5 min

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