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…
In 2005 following extensive market research Mexican baker Bimbo made a bold move, it brought out the Chinese subsidiary of a Spanish bakery, staking its…
In September 2012 the Russian Far Eastern Pacific port Vladivostok hosted the annual APEC summit. The meeting coincided with a new billion dollar bridge being…
http://www.bit.ly/WmL11S Clicking on the link takes you to a beautifully made graph showing how the percentage of high technology exports from China, South Africa, Brazil…
Fantastic graphic showing the key economic strengths and weaknesses of the BRIICS at a glance. What stands out for me: should South Africa be in…
China has taken an increasingly influential role in Nigeria. Trade between the two countries totalled $8.2 billion in 2011, just behind Angola and South Africa,…
When I last travelled from the Sri Lankan capital Colombo to Galle in the south of the country it was down a two lane, bumpy,…
Brazilian – Chinese trade has boomed dramatically over the last 15 years. China has overtaken the US as Brazil’s major trade partner, (trade worth $256…
The trade in counterfeit medicine is costing the lives of thousands of people across developing countries. Criminals have increasingly turned to the production, transportation and…