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    Lessons in hindsight: the impact of China’s European port acquisition strategy

    China’s grand European plan, along with Italy announcing its formal participation in the Belt and Road Initiative, means that China is on everyone’s lips. Since 2013, China has acquired shares in 14 European ports (not including ones with MoU agreements). While there is on-going debate regarding the...
    Ganyi Zhang
    May 07 2019
    7 min

    The price of transport is marking time on the French market

    Road haulage prices have taken a slight downward turn during the first quarter of 2019 according to Upply’s data. On a year-on-year basis the progression has been positive but the downturn in the manufacturing sector, especially in Germany, seems to have had a real impact.
    William Béguerie
    April 25 2019
    3 min

    Italy is joining the Belt and Road Initiative

    On March 23rd, Italy formally joined China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) upon Xi Jinping’s visit to Rome. Italy being the first G7 member joining this initiative, certainly has political significance to China. Italy's motivation is straight forward, to obtain better access to the Chinese market a...
    Ganyi Zhang
    March 29 2019
    4 min
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    USA/China - Extended negotiation deadline: reading the future in soybeans

    On February 24, 2019, China and the United States completed their latest round of trade negotiations. Considering the “substantial progress" that was made during the talks, President Trump tweeted about extending the tariff increase deadline initially set to March 1st.
    Ganyi Zhang
    March 11 2019
    29 min

    How will political and economic trends impact global freight markets in 2019?

    The year that just ended was full of challenges and uncertainties in both the political and economic realms. We are expecting 2019 to bring more clarity after a few months of blurriness. In 2019, politics seem to be becoming increasingly more important in determining the outcomes of international tr...
    Ganyi Zhang
    February 11 2019
    4 min

    Which political and economic events had impact on Supply Chains in 2018?

    From Brexit to new geopolitical uncertainties, 2018 had seen many drivers of uncertainty on global trade. If that led to a mixed impact on Supply Chains and exchanges, 2019 could suffer more heavily from these events.
    Ganyi Zhang
    January 15 2019
    3 min

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