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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Feb 7
5 min

Feb Newsletter: APAC Economic Development, FDI, Trade & Investment

Dear Friends & Colleagues, As the Year of the Rabbit begins, we eagerly anticipate a fantastic February and the upcoming WAIPA-United Nations ESCAP Asia Pacific IPAs FDI & Investment Conference, hosted by the UN in Bangkok on the 21st and 22nd of February. Regional IPAs will exchange their experiences on promoting FDI for sustainable development and build their capacity to promote FDI in the digital economy and address climate change (Plus I have the honour of Chairing the pr

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Five key takeaways from Biden and Xi’s first meeting as leaders

GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Nov 15, 2022
2 min

Five key takeaways from Biden and Xi’s first meeting as leaders

Taiwan, trade, Ukraine, and the climate crisis were among issues discussed when the presidents of the US and China met At the G20 summit in Bali, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping held their first-ever face-to-meeting as leaders, in an attempt to reduce tensions over Taiwan and trade that have sent US-China ties to their lowest level in decades. Here are the five key takeaways: Biden had a cold but Xi still shook his hand China’s leader is notoriously Covid paranoid, but it did not st

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WTO’s World Trade Report Released At COP27: Trade Must Be A Cornerstone Of Climate Action

GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Nov 8, 2022
2 min

WTO’s World Trade Report Released At COP27: Trade Must Be A Cornerstone Of Climate Action

The 2022 edition of the WTO’s World Trade Report presents new analysis and recommendations on how international trade and greater cooperation can amplify global efforts to address climate change and put the planet on a sustainable trajectory. The WTO’s flagship publication, released on 7 November at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, also examines the consequences of climate change on trading patterns and future prosperity. “T

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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Nov 1, 2022
3 min

October Newsletter: Asia Pacific Economic Development, FDI & Trade

A quick snapshot of our top stories and resources for Asia Pacific Economic Development, FDI & Trade, supporting the public & private sectors in developing capacity and sharing the latest insights and trends. Global FDI Annual Report 2022 - Free White Paper Global levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) saw a strong rebound in 2022, as the market started to recover from the pandemic-driven downturn the prior year. But which locations, sectors, and companies led the charge b

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China’s Exports Show Impact of Trade War with U.S.

GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Oct 27, 2022
3 min

China’s Exports Show Impact of Trade War with U.S.

China’s export machine has started to show deeper cuts from U.S. protectionism. Exports to the U.S. in September dropped 11.5% year-on-year to $50.7 billion, compared to a 3.8% decline in August, and shrinking the trade surplus 14% to $36.1 billion. By John Miller, Chief Economic Analyst, Trade Data Monitor Overall, Chinese exports increased 5.7% in September to $322.8 billion. Earlier in October, the Biden administration announced export controls that will limit the export o

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UNCTAD: How start-ups are boosting investment in South-East Asia

GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Oct 24, 2022
3 min

UNCTAD: How start-ups are boosting investment in South-East Asia

The rise of start-ups in the region is a factor behind the dynamism of foreign direct investment there, an UNCTAD-ASEAN report finds. Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) surged 42% to $174 billion in 2021, rebounding to the record reached in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic dragged down investment. The increase in FDI to ASEAN countries outpaced the 30% average growth rate for developing economies, highlighti

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Global Free Zones of the Year 2022 – Global winners

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Oct 17, 2022
1 min

Global Free Zones of the Year 2022 – Global winners

Dubai’s DMCC is once again fDi’s best in class, with Dalian Free Zone coming in as second Despite the headwinds brought about by geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty in 2022, the primacy of Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) as the world’s best free zone remains a constant. For the eighth consecutive year, the UAE’s biggest free zone has been crowned ‘Global Free Zone of the Year’, while the position of special economic zones (SEZs) in the world has been strength

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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Oct 3, 2022
1 min

Evergrande: The End Of China's Property Boom

The rapid expansion of China's property sector was powered by a great migration from the farms to the cities - and built on cheap credit. The FT tells the story of Evergrande, the most indebted property developer in the world, which now stands on the brink of collapse. It's a story that changes the outlook for China's position as the locomotive of global economic growth. But is this China's Lehman Brothers moment? #economy #china #economicdevelopment #policy #news #asia #asia

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Visualized: The World’s Population at 8 Billion

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Sep 28, 2022
1 min

Visualized: The World’s Population at 8 Billion

At some point in late 2022, the eight billionth human being will enter the world, ushering in a new milestone for humanity. In just 48 years, the world population has doubled in size, jumping from four to eight billion. Of course, humans are not equally spread throughout the planet, and countries take all shapes and sizes. The visualizations in this article aim to build context on how the eight billion people are distributed around the world. Asia’s Population by Country With

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Future GVC transformation and the investment landscape: Ten directions

GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Sep 8, 2022
1 min

Future GVC transformation and the investment landscape: Ten directions

James Zhan, head of investment and enterprise at UNCTAD, outlines ten broad trends that will play out in the coming decade as global value chains are reconfigured. The decade to 2030 is likely to prove a period of transformation for global value chains (GVCs), which will have significant implications for the global trade and investment landscape and multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) modes of operation. The change will be driven by five major forces: economic governance realig

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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Sep 7, 2022
1 min

China FDI falls to new low

Greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) into China has fallen to a new record low in the first half of 2022 amid geopolitical tensions, draconian zero-Covid measures and the country’s structural transition to an economy driven by domestic demand. Foreign investors in China have announced 110 projects worth $6.2bn in the first six months of the year, which stands at about half the level of investment recorded in the first half of 2021 and 2020, both in terms of project numb

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The Inflation Factor: How Rising Food and Energy Prices Impact the Economy

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Sep 6, 2022
1 min

The Inflation Factor: How Rising Food and Energy Prices Impact the Economy

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the effects of energy supply disruptions are cascading across everything from food prices to electricity to consumer sentiment. In response to soaring prices, many OECD countries are tapping into their strategic petroleum reserves. In fact, since March, the U.S. has sold a record one million barrels of oil per day from these reserves. This, among other factors, has led gasoline prices to fall more recently—yet deficits could follow into 202

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FDI in Asia-Pacific in 2021: The state of play

GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Aug 24, 2022
1 min

FDI in Asia-Pacific in 2021: The state of play

Asia-Pacific FDI levels returned to growth in 2021, with the number of projects coming into the region rising by 17%, according to the Global FDI Annual Report 2022. The Global FDI Annual Report 2022, produced by GlobalData and Investment Monitor, shows the number of greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) projects into the Asia-Pacific region grew by 17% in 2021, totalling 3,419. However, this is still well below the level experienced in 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic

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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Jul 5, 2022
1 min

FDI drivers in 2022: Supply chains

An Investment Monitor study shows that supply chains are at the core of investors’ discussions, making the business area an FDI driver in 2022. Before Covid-19 struck, supply chains were a business area whose efficiency and reliability were often taken for granted. Investors, business leaders and consumers alike knew that they could count on fast, cheap and reliable delivery of goods from across the world. Then the pandemic hit and countries in all regions started battling wi

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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

May 24, 2022
1 min

FINANCIAL SECRECY INDEX 2022

The Financial Secrecy Index is a ranking of jurisdictions most complicit in helping individuals to hide their finances from the rule of law. Financial secrecy facilitates tax abuse, enables money laundering and undermines the human rights of all. The index identifies the world’s biggest suppliers of financial secrecy and spotlights the laws that governments can change to reduce their contribution to financial secrecy. The Financial Secrecy Index thoroughly evaluates each juri

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OFFICIAL TRADE DATA: Global Trade Slows as Economies Adjust to Life After Stimulus

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May 18, 2022
3 min

OFFICIAL TRADE DATA: Global Trade Slows as Economies Adjust to Life After Stimulus

By John W Miller, Chief Economic Analyst, Trade Data Monitor; The global economy avoided a meltdown 2020-2022 due to the Covid-19 pandemic because governments around the world, led by the U.S., printed trillions of dollars for their own citizens, oiling consumer demand and goosing merchandise trade around the world. That steroid is now wearing off, as consumers have spent most of the money they were given, and because their spending fueled inflation, making it harder to buy a

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The Era of Cheap and Plenty May Be Ending

GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

May 9, 2022
2 min

The Era of Cheap and Plenty May Be Ending

Supplies of goods are coming up short in the pandemic, and prices have jumped. Some economists warn that the changes could linger. For the past three decades, companies and consumers benefited from cross-border connections that kept a steady supply of electronics, clothes, toys and other goods so abundant it helped prices stay low. But as the pandemic and the war in Ukraine continue to weigh on trade and business ties, that period of plenty appears to be undergoing a partial

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IMF - Global Trade Needs More Supply Diversity, Not Less

GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Apr 14, 2022
2 min

IMF - Global Trade Needs More Supply Diversity, Not Less

Countries with trade partners that implemented more stringent lockdowns had a sharper drop in imports. Though trade flows have adjusted, more diversified global value chains could help lessen the impact of future shocks. The demand and supply shocks unleashed by the pandemic were expected to lead to a dramatic collapse in trade, but international commerce has proven more resilient than during previous global crises. While goods trade fell sharply in the second quarter of 2020

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WTO & WEF Co-Launch Tradetech Policy Report

GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Apr 13, 2022
1 min

WTO & WEF Co-Launch Tradetech Policy Report

The promise of TradeTech: Policy approaches to harness trade digitalization Technology has always propelled trade. From the invention of the steam engine and steamship in the 1700s, the popularization of the standard shipping container in the 1950s, and the rise of the internet in the 1990s, technology has over the centuries profoundly changed the way we trade. Today, emerging technologies and digitalization are changing trade at a speed much faster than before – leading to b

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How Many People Live in a Political Democracy Today?

GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Apr 12, 2022
2 min

How Many People Live in a Political Democracy Today?

Governments come in all shapes and sizes, but can ultimately be divided into two broad categories: democracies and autocracies. Using the Regimes of the World classification system developed by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg, and Staffan Lindberg and data from V-Dem, it’s estimated that 2.3 billion people—about 29% of the global population—lived in a democracy in 2021. By contrast, 71% of people lived under what can be considered an autocratic regime. I

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