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    AIIB & NDB 2021 Lending Reveal Closer Financial Partnering Between Beijing and Delhi

    Two major, neighboring shareholders working together to solve problems in China, India, and South Asia as BRI financing completes its main investment cycle.  By Henry Tillman and Chris Devonshire-Ellis   Two Beijing developed multilateral banks have been making significant loans in the year to date, with a great deal of financing for both Covid-related and development[…..]

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    How The Neodymium Magnet Became A Belt And Road Initiative Flashpoint

    Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis There is plenty of Neodymium to go around – so why is the United States so jumpy about its supply chains?  The United States has just released its ‘New Supply Chain Strike Force‘ aimed at curtailing Chinese dominance in specific supply chains, and especially those that affect component parts critical to[…..]

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    The G7 Meeting in Cornwall – A Distant Corner of Britain to Set New Rules for the Four Corners of the World

    By Chris Devonshire-Ellis and Bob Savic  US President Joe Biden is a man on a mission.  He and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who’s hosting the Group of 7 (G7) top global economies, in the UK as this year’s presidency of the bloc, are looking to save “Western civilisation” from the rise of the East. This[…..]

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    The United States New Supply Chain Strike Force: A Metaphor For Sanctioning China?

    Russia will be the key to reducing dependencies upon China    Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis    US President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he would be establishing the somewhat aggressively titled “supply chain trade strike force” to look for unfair trade practices that contribute to the United States supply chain weaknesses. The logic is that[…..]

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    China’s Kiribati Developments Worry Australia, Hawaii, and the United States

    Past Australian exploitation pushes Pacific Islands to Beijing  China is planning to redevelop a remote, but strategically located airstrip on one of the Kiribati islands, a plan that has raised alarms with the United States and Australia. Kiribati resumed diplomatic relations with China in 2019, while Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke with Kiribati’s President[…..]

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    What To Do When China Lends Money For Belt & Road Projects? Steal It and Run Away

    Recipient Governments must put checks and balances in place to avoid corruption scandals and theft. Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  A court in Kazakhstan’s capital, Nur Sultan has jailed seven former senior officials from the city’s government and from companies that were supposed to build a light railway system. Prosecutors said that the seven men had[…..]

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    Sri Lankan Government Follows Singapore’s Temasek Redevelopment Model

    Dormant Assets To Be Listed On Colombo Stock Exchange China’s BRI Investment Kick-Starts More Sophisticated Local Growth The Sri Lankan Government is to launch the first of three new ‘Special Purpose Vehicles’ (SPVs) under the Sri Lankan Government owned Selendiva Investments. The as yet unnamed SPV is to be registered this week to raise capital[…..]

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    China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – June 7 2021

    Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Responding to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (CFR) G7 Set To Launch Green Alternative To China’s Belt & Road (Al Jazeera) St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2021: Highlights and Analysis Finance The International Finance Forum – China 2021 Report (Silk Road Briefing) Belt and Road Project Funding Moves[…..]

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    The Asia-Pacific CPTPP Takes New Shape With UK Membership Application

    British Businesses Should Be Looking At Where The Opportunities Are As A Free Trade Agreement Is Likely Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis The United Kingdom, looking for new global free trade agreements and market access in the aftermath of Brexit, has initiated talks to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). A virtual[…..]

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    The RCEP. Asia’s Equivalent To USMCA and the European Union

    RCEP’s market is 2.5 times larger than that of the EU and USMCA Asian free trade will continue to expand North and West Op/ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  The significance of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement has flown somewhat under the radar as concerns its impact upon future global and regional trade. Often referred to as[…..]

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