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    Impact of the EU reform of VAT on Cross-border E-commerce Logistics

    The EU reform of VAT for cross-border e-commerce is expected to lead non-EU e-commerce vendors to set up new logistic schemes. On July 1st, 2021, the EU reform of VAT (value-added tax) for cross-border e-commerce entered into force. The reform removed exemptions for parcels of a value under 22 euros...
    Ganyi Zhang
    August 31 2021
    5 min

    International transport prices are supported by the economic recovery

    In the first half of 2021, the economy has recovered significantly. Shipping and air freight prices remain above pre-crisis levels. In May, the OECD revised upwards its 2021 growth forecasts, predicting 6.9% growth for the United States, 4.3% for the Euro zone and 8.5% for China. It expects the glob...
    David Thebault
    July 28 2021
    2 min

    EU-US: Public policies take up the challenges of the supply chain

    The European Union and the United States have each published reports on the robustness of their supply chains and ways to address their vulnerabilities. We offer a comparative review of their analyses. In both Europe and the United States, the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the strategic importan...
    Ganyi Zhang
    July 23 2021
    8 min
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    Transatlantic trade: further progress on tariffs

    The United States and the European Union are one step closer to resolving their trade disputes. Suspension of additional tariffs has been granted in both the large aircraft dispute and the steel and aluminum dispute. A number of decisions in May and June 2021 have undoubtedly provided very positive ...
    Ganyi Zhang
    July 08 2021
    3 min

    Hungary, a promising logistics hub for the China-Europe connection

    Hungary is expected to become a major logistics hub for the China-Europe trade, as demonstrated by several major infrastructure projects that are already deployed or planned. Multiple transportation infrastructure projects already deployed or planned place Hungary in a position to become a new logis...
    Ganyi Zhang
    June 22 2021
    10 min

    EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement: a promising start

    The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) entered into force on August 1st, 2020. An opportunity to examine the initial impacts and to analyze the prospects for the future. As the most ambitious FTA (free trade agreement) the EU has ever signed with a developing country, the EU-Vietnam Free Trade ...
    Ganyi Zhang
    May 11 2021
    9 min

    Air and ocean freight rates in an inflationary environment

    Air and ocean freight rates remain at high levels, in an inflationary economic context. The health crisis plunged most industrialised countries into a major economic recession. A vigorous but asymmetric recovery is in sight in the second quarter of 2021, driven by improved confidence among economic ...
    David Thebault
    April 30 2021
    2 min

    Suspended Tariffs: Towards a New Era in Transatlantic Relations?

    The trade war between Europe and the United States has reached a truce. But the road to a transatlantic trade agreement is still long. On March 5th, the US and the EU agreed to mutually suspend for a four-month period the tariffs linked to their large civil aircraft trade dispute. Both parties hope ...
    Ganyi Zhang
    April 14 2021
    8 min

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