India – China For many years these two Asian giants barely traded with one another, instead maintaining a cool distance, in the last few years this has changed radically, as India, like the rest of the world has started absorbing Chinese… Read More ›
Key trade routes have helped to define economic and cultural history, providing wealth and cultural exchange, but also causing war and repression. Here I look at five key historical trading relationships from ancient times to the modern day. The Silk… Read More ›
Low cost African aviation finally appears to be taking off, the sector is one of the keys in the quest to improve intra-African trade (which is poor compared to other regions). This change is thanks to the emergence of a… Read More ›
In August 2012 a chartered plane brought 37 Chinese citizens living in Angola back to China in handcuffs, to face charges ranging from kidnapping, robbery to extortion. A special Chinese police force had been sent to Angola at the request… Read More ›
In July 2012, the EU ordered its financial institutions to stop doing business with Iran, coming soon after an oil embargo, the move made buying, insuring and paying for the country’s big export earner – crude oil, increasingly difficult. Despite… Read More ›
In 2015 South East Asia will become a cohesive economic zone of 10 nations; Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines. The ASEAN region has 600 million people and has a total of USD 231… Read More ›
