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Belt and Road Weekly Investor Intelligence #94
This week we look at China’s east coast BRI Port of Lianyungang, which exclusively services Central Asia and has expanded operations to Uzbekistan, while looking at crypto developments in Iran and China’s massive Saudi energy deal. We explore two trade routes, the proposed China-Kyrgyz-Uzbek-Afghan railway, and India’s hopes for Iran’s Chabahar Port to the CIS, […]
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Belt and Road Weekly Investor Intelligence #93
There’s something for everyone this week as a plethora of trade and development news arrives impacting all of Eurasia and beyond as the BRICS grouping attracts interest from an increasing number of potential members. China-EU rail freight continues to increase despite rumors about its demise, while both Turkiye and Iran show increasing trade volumes. Russia […]
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Belt and Road Weekly Investor Intelligence #92
A lot of Eurasian activity this past week as Russia, looking for new clients, also steps up its regional trade, investment and security activities throughout the BRI countries in the Middle East, Central Asia and Southeast Asia. We look at where bolting onto new infrastructure in Laos and Malaysia may yield dividends for interested foreign […]
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Belt and Road Weekly Investor Intelligence #91
There’s plenty of activity in the Middle East and Central Asian regions this week to look at, as supply chains and recent regional agreements lead the focus of the Belt and Road Initiative investment party further West. It’s the Middle East as a hot spot as we discuss the Abraham Accords and what this means […]
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Belt and Road Weekly Investor Intelligence #90
A wide variety of news this week, with an opinion piece on how the BRI fits into China’s ‘multipolar’ world vision, and an overview of current China-BRICS trade. We take a good look at Russia and India’s increasing trade and continue to explore the offshoots of the INSTC with a look at Iran-Uzbek trade via […]
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Belt and Road Weekly Investor Intelligence #89
The United Kingdom makes a rare yet significant appearance in our BRI round-up this week as the recent Chinese attempts to persuade the UK Commonwealth’s South Pacific members into a Chinese security bloc have raised ire in London. We examine the UK and Chinese trade and investment policy into Asia, look at where UK battlelines […]
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Belt and Road Weekly Investor Intelligence #88
It’s been a heavy week for geopolitics as G7 meetings, followed by the BRICS and NATO summits are showcasing how the world is shifting and a new global order beginning to emerge with clear divisions between East and West. There have been developments in Central Asia too, with an important Caspian Sea summit that paves […]
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Belt and Road Weekly Investor Intelligence #87
There have been huge, hundred billion dollar infrastructure programs announced by the G7 – but are they real? We examine the latest rhetoric from the United States and European Union. We look at two China Plus One alternatives with India and Vietnam, examine EU-Asia connectivity between Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan, take a look at Tajikistan’s […]