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  May 9, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Diversifying Europe-Asia Supply Chains: The Bangladesh Option

  Bangladesh has preferential EU & UK trade rights until 2031 and could be a China alternative. By Asia Investment Research Bangladesh has a competitive investment climate, relatively large and young labor market, and is ambitious to grow its agribusiness, garment and textiles, energy, IT, and infrastructure sectors. Dhaka wants to attract foreign companies seeking to[…..]
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  May 8, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – May 9 2022

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion European-Asian Geopolitics – The Implications Of Shifting Supply Chains In Wake Of The Russia-Ukraine Conflict. Part One: Europe (Silk Road Briefing) Are US, EU, and UK Based Editorial Fit for Purpose When Trying to Understand China? (China Briefing) China’s Belt and Road Loses a Notch and Gains a[…..]
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  May 5, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Brazil’s Da Silva Proposes A Latin American Currency ‘To Be Free Of The US Dollar’

  Brazil’s left wing leader and previous President, Lula Da Silva is due to fight the national Presidential elections in October this year and has stated that as part of the manifesto,  “We are going to create a currency in Latin America, because we can’t keep depending on the dollar.”
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  May 5, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  European-Asian Geopolitics – The Implications Of Shifting Supply Chains In Wake Of The Russia-Ukraine Conflict

  By Chris Devonshire-Ellis The Russia-Ukraine conflict is imposing significant changes on global geopolitics and is re-arranging the Eurasian political and supply chain map with considerable impact. In this article I examine the key areas that will be subject to significant alterations that impact Europe.
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  May 4, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Iran, Turkmenistan Plan Increasing Trade, Investment And Cooperation Ties

  Bilateral Trade Grew By 84% in 2021 Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi discussed developing trade ties with his Turkmen counterpart Serdar Berdimuhamedow on Tuesday (May 3) and that he was sure that the process of expansion of ties between the two countries would be accelerated in Berdimuhamedow’s term of office.
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  May 3, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Asian Development Bank Steps In To Alleviate Azerbaijan-Georgia Rail Bottlenecks

  Institutional funding being provided to support the INSTC Asia-EU southern routes The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated US$50 million to Georgian Railway JSC in US$500 million of green bonds owned by the bank for the modernization of the rail network in 2021.Once the project is completed, the network’s annual freight capacity is expected to[…..]
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  May 2, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Turkey’s Gemlik Port Transshipments Shoot Up March & April

  Gemlik Free Trade Zone facilities will be of interest to adding value to Asian-EU markets More evidence of adaption to the northern rail routes from Russia being sanctioned with the subsequent drop in transshipments between Asia and the EU can be seen in the performance of Turkey’s Gemlik Port on the Marmara Sea, which has[…..]
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  May 1, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – May 2 2022

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion China’s Bid for World Domination: Belt and Road Initiative (Epoch Times) Managing China’s Regional Economic Integration (East Asia Forum) US-China Tech Race: Brave New World (Financial Times) Russia-Ukraine War Accelerates Collapse Of China’s Belt & Road Global Strategy (Epoch Times) Xi Has Made His Choice: He Is Sticking[…..]
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  April 28, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China Begins Using Caspian & Black Sea Routes For European Trade

  China has begun opening a new route for freight trains from Xi’an (China’s northwest Shaanxi province) to Germany’s Mannheim using multi-modal rail and sea transport through the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, according to ADY Containers in Azerbaijan.
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  April 27, 2022 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Looking To Strategically Cooperate Over Trade & Manufacturing Investment

  New opportunities are looming as Europe-Asia supply chains move and EU trade agreements are exploited     Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are discussing new ways to cooperate in industry and commerce, with the Uzbek Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade in the form of Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan[…..]