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  May 17, 2017 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Chinese Overseas Direct Investment Turns Towards OBOR As Beijing Pledges USD2 Trillion In Purchases

  Chinese Overseas Direct Investment (ODI) is being increasingly aligned with the countries OBOR plans, meaning attempts to woo the billions of dollars in China’s foreign reserves are not going to be significantly re-invested in the West, according to plans laid out at the this weeks OBOR conference in Beijing. A document released at the conference[…..]
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  May 15, 2017 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Silk Road Development Weekly

  Who’s Who in China’s Belt and Road Initiative  (South China Morning Post) Taking Advantage Of China’s ASEAN & OBOR Trade (China Briefing) China Aims To Triple Rail Freight To Europe By 2020 (Asian Nikkei) Practical Tips For Working With Chinese Builders Abroad (Siveco) China, Russia & Iran: Ports And Power Along The Belt & Road[…..]
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  May 12, 2017 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Understanding China’s Free Trade Agreements Along The OBOR Routes

  The elimination of tariffs and taxes is always a boom for exporters, and is something that China has taken advantage of very effectively over the past two decades. When China first began its journey towards becoming the massive manufacturing giant it is today, it attracted foreign manufacturers, from which the Chinese could learn, by eliminating[…..]
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  May 10, 2017 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  An Introduction To The Eurasian Development Bank

  While much attention has been given China’s development of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank  (AIIB ), another financial institution providing loans for Silk Road projects is the Eurasian Development Bank  (EDB). This bank was originally founded in 2006 by Russia and Kazakhstan, and currently has four other member states, being  Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.[…..]
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  May 8, 2017 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Silk Road Development Weekly

  China’s Belt & Road Push Will Help Hong Kong Top Regional Rival Singapore (South China Morning Post) Russia Not Waiting For Sanctions To Be Lifted (Tass) Russian Economy Diversifying As New Agricultural Trends Lead The Way (Russia Briefing) AIIB Approves First Loan To India (Sputnik) India & Tajikistan – Partners In Development (Eurasia Review) India[…..]
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  May 5, 2017 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  The Eurasian Economic Union. About To Bring China To The EU’s Borders

  The Eurasian Economic Union  was formed on 1st January 2015 and is a trade bloc that currently includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. Oft cited as “Russia’s answer to the EU”, it remains little understood and has been somewhat ignored by Western businesses. However, while many international companies interact with China, there remains ignorance[…..]
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  May 2, 2017 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China-OBOR Multilateral Trade Increases 26%

  Trade in goods and services between China and the various countries making up the One Belt, One Road has increased by 26.2% in the first quarter of 2017 to USD240 billion, according to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. Sun Jiwen, a spokesman for MOFCOM, said that China’s exports to 60 identified OBOR nations from the[…..]
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  May 2, 2017 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Silk Road Development Weekly

  OBOR Interview With Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi (BeltRoadForum) Chinese Insurers To Serve Projects Along BR Initiative (OBOR Portal) Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (ASEAN Briefing) Air Asia’s India Passenger Traffic Up 57% (Times of India) Linking Afghanistan To China’s Belt & Road (The Diplomat) What’s Really Driving Saudi Arabia’s Outreach to China (World Politics Review) Chinese OBOR Investment Under Kazak[…..]
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  April 26, 2017 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s AIIB Seeks The United States As An Investor

  The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the China led, USD100 billion capitalized project financing institution, has called for it to become a platform for cooperation between China and the United States, the banks President, Jin Liqun said on Monday. The US has not become an investor in the AIIB, and has been reluctant to accept it  as a global[…..]
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  April 26, 2017 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Silk Road Development Weekly

  Official Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation Comes Online (BeltRoadForum) Eurasian Economic Union Trade Up 38% (Russia Briefing) AIIB Should Be Platform For China-US Co-Operation (Xinhua) How The UK Can Benefit From China’s OBOR Ambitions (China Briefing) Seven Countries To Deepen Co-Operation On China-Europe Freight Services (OBOR Portal) Fourth Spanish Built High-Speed Train Arrives[…..]