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  July 25, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – July 25 2022

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Putin: “Global Reorganisation Of Sovereign States Is Occurring Into A Multipolar World” (Russia Briefing) China’s Collapsing Global Image (CFR) ‘Hidden Cost’ Of China’s Belt And Road Is Forced Labor: U.S. Report (Asia Nikkei) US ‘Forced Labor’ Lies Cannot Sabotage BRI Cooperation (Global Times) Wang Yi Teaches U.S., Act[…..]
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  July 21, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Central Asia Has Key Growth Drivers And Potential For Tripling Regional Trade Volumes To US$15 billion

  Kazakhstan’s President has been talking up Central Asia trade at the Central Asian Heads of State Summit In Kyrgyzstan     The current trade indicators between the Central Asian economies do not reflect the full potential, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said during the 4th Consultative meeting of heads of Central Asian states currently being held in[…..]
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  July 20, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Turkiye’s Europe-Asia Ambarli Port H1 2022 Transit Cargo Shipping Up

  The Turkish port of Ambarli handled 9.6 million tons of cargo from January through June 2022, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Türkiye has stated, showing a significant improvement over 2021, driven by the Ukraine conflict.
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  July 19, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea Ports Report Record Breaking Cargo Turnover Volumes In H1 2022

  Kazakhstan’s revenues from the transportation of cargo via its internal water transport infrastructure amounted to 433.8 million tenge (US$907,530) over the period from January through June 2022, an increase of over five times more than during the same period of 2021, according to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
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  July 18, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Azerbaijan Talks Up Zangazur Corridor Amongst Armenian Concerns As Transit Trade Grows

  EU energy needs may override Armenia’s geopolitical issues  Azerbaijan has been talking up the need for the contentious Zangazur Corridor development as the country expands its freight and energy transit capabilities. Transit cargo traffic through Azerbaijan increased by nearly 30% in H1 2022, while feeds through from Baku to the INSTC grew up to 300%.[…..]
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  July 18, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – July 18 2022

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Don’t Sleep on China’s Global Development Initiative (The Diplomat) China’s Diplomacy In The New Era (IOL) China-BRICS Trade Grew 14.1% In H1 2022 to US$244 Billion (Silk Road Briefing) Russia’s Neighbors Seeking EU or China Protection (Asia Times) Unipolar vs Multipolar. G7 vs BRI. US vs China. EU[…..]
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  July 14, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China-BRICS Trade Grew 14.1% In H1 2022 to US$244 Billion

  China trade increases also with RCEP and the BRI countries Shanghai Container Terminal at sunset China’s trade with the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa) grew by 14.1% in the period January-June this year. That is 4.7% points higher than the overall growth rate of China’s trade in the same period, illustrating the[…..]
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  July 13, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Caspian Middle Corridor Servicing Central Asia Booms

  Iran-Uzbek non-energy bilateral trade is up 103% YoY  The Iranian Customs Organization has stated that during last year 776,137 tons of non-oil products worth US$517 million were exchanged between Iran and Uzbekistan, a 103% increase year on year.
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  July 12, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Unipolar vs Multipolar. G7 vs BRI. US vs China. EU vs Russia. China & Taiwan. Russia & Ukraine. What Is Going On?

  Global geopolitics 2022 has become all about conflict. But there are multipolar paths ahead if one understands Chinese strategic thinking.   By Chris Devonshire-Ellis   An oft-overlooked aspect of China’s Belt and Road Initiative is that from a political ideology perspective, it has its genesis back in 1949, being the same concept of safety from Western antagonism[…..]
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  July 11, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Britain and China’s Trade & Investment Competition In Singapore

  New unique economic data and analysis show very different approaches to Asian trade and investment policies from the UK and China By Asia Investment Research  The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (Brexit) has left the country looking for new trade partners. Much of this has centred upon Asia, where the UK maintains relatively[…..]