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  June 4, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  A Eurasian Central Clearing Bank Is The Next Logical Step For China, Eurasia And The Belt & Road

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis News has emerged this week that Iran, which holds the worlds second-largest reserves of natural gas, is partnering with Turkey to jointly establish a new trading bank, and to ditch the US dollar in bilateral trade. The number of countries, especially those along the Belt & Road routes that are looking[…..]
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  June 3, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Silk Road Development Weekly – June 3, 2019

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion Making A Multilateral Belt & Road (East Asia Forum) New Report On The Chinese Belt & Road Initiative Shows Boost To Global GDP “By Over $7 Trillion Per Annum” (Chartered Institute Of Building) Washington Expects China To Back Down In The Trade War, But With Presidents Xi &[…..]
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  May 30, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Malta. Can It Become The Belt & Road’s Stepping Stone Between Africa And Europe?

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Smaller countries can face challenges when facing up to the bigger picture While it was Italy’s recent signing of a Belt & Road MoU with China that attracted media attention, the first EU member state to have done so was in fact Malta. One of the EU’s smallest members in terms[…..]
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  May 29, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road Initiative And South America

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis China’s push into South America has not been quite as dynamic as its push into Africa, although it is gathering steam. As we have already noted in our Belt & Road articles on the Caribbean and Central America, part of the Belt & Road drive in the region has been to[…..]
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  May 28, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  The African Continental Free Trade Agreement And Its Impact On China

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis China’s moves into Africa should not really come as any great surprise – the Chinese African diaspora has long been energetic and far reaching, mostly involved in trade. Many of them have African roots dating back centuries, with artifacts still cropping up on the East African coast from Chinese Admiral Zheng[…..]
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  May 27, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  The Belt & Road Initiative In Mexico & Central America

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis China’s Belt & Road Initiative has been making significant inroads in the Caribbean and Latin America, and in this article we take a look at the impact on Mexico and Central America. Mexico in fact has not signed a MoU with China concerning the Belt & Road, yet its regional impact[…..]
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  May 27, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Silk Road Development Weekly – May 27, 2019

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion The US, Huawei And The Belt & Road’s New 5G Supply Chains (Silk Road Briefing) Xi’s Belt-Road Initiative: Recalibration, Strategic Imperatives – Analysis (Eurasia Review) The Belt & Road Initiative Is Short Of Chinese Characteristics (Financial Times) Standard Chartered: Financial Transparency Spurs More Belt & Road Projects (China[…..]
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  May 24, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road – The Caribbean & West Indies

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis China’s diplomatic and trade reach in pursuit of its Belt & Road Initiative has included the Caribbean and West Indies, and rubs up against both the United States and to a lesser degree the United Kingdom in doing so. At present, about a third of the major island groupings have signed[…..]
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  May 23, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road Initiative In The Pacific Islands

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis China has been reaching out to the Pacific Island nations, albeit with some care as it doesn’t wish to rub up against the reach of the United States, and to a lesser degree, Australia and New Zealand within the region. Nonetheless, there have been attempts by China to bring them into[…..]
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  May 21, 2019 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  The US, Huawei And The Belt & Road’s New 5G Supply Chains

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Who are the replacement manufacturers China could now turn too? With the United States effectively indicating its policies are unreliable, a remarkable 24 hours has seen Washington ban US technology companies from selling to Huawei, then roll back the majority of this for the next 90 days. At stake is the[…..]