by root | Mar 22, 2023 | Articles, China Economy, Emerging Markets, NewPost, Original Articles
By Yunbo Zhou When China, the world’s largest trading nation, announced a re-opening to the world late last year after its heavy zero-covid lockdowns, many exporters from Argentina to South Korea rejoiced at the news. China’s multiple lockdowns complicated supply...
by Afshin Molavi | Oct 25, 2020 | Articles, Emerging Market Multinationals, Fast Moving Consumer Goods, FiveG (5G), NewPost, South Korea, Telecoms
By Afshin Molavi “Change everything, except your wife and children.” Those words by Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, uttered in 1993 at a low point in the company’s history, have become enshrined in the lore of the South Korean conglomerate that has...
by root | Sep 28, 2020 | Articles, NewPost, Original Articles, Top Ten Lists
By Weiran Yuan A key feature of the global economy over the last four decades has been the rise of emerging markets, most notably China. The rise of the emerging world has rebalanced the global economic order. Still, despite the rise of new economic powers and a more...
by root | Sep 21, 2020 | Articles, Belt and Road Initiative, China Economy, Geopolitics, Globalization, NewPost, Original Articles
Guest Comment – By Oliver Stelling In September, China’s Foreign Minister embarked on a goodwill tour of Europe. Expectations were high that he would manage to repair strained ties with the bloc. It wasn’t meant to be. His charm offensive fell flat. Wang made...
by root | Mar 29, 2020 | Articles, Emerging Markets, MENA Business Daily, NewPost, North Africa Commerce/Economy, West Asia Economies
Middle East-North Africa Top Business Stories – March 29, 2020 GCC/MENA Slowdown – “Oil exporting countries in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), especially the GCC countries are expected to experience a drastic slowdown in economic growth due...
by Afshin Molavi | Mar 27, 2020 | Articles, Oil and Gas
Remember $165 oil? There might well be more than a touch of nostalgia in that question for oil industry executives and Middle East oil producers after the dramatic fall in the price of crude following the breakdown in talks between Saudi Arabia, OPEC and Russia this...