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    PhD in Political Science, Ganyi gives a sharp look at the evolutions of the global Supply Chain industry through the prism of the political and economic context.

    Transatlantic Trade: a new “mini trade deal” between the EU and the US

    On August 21st, the US and the EU reached a new tariff agreement. For the first time in twenty years, both sides have agreed on tariff reductions on certain goods, in particular on US lobster. According to August’s tariff agreement, the EU will remove the tariff on US lobsters with a trade value of ...
    Ganyi Zhang
    September 09 2020
    6 min

    Reshoring/Diversification: possible options for European manufacturers

    The Covid-19 pandemic gives a fresh impetus to an idea which has already been floated around the table by the global supply chain’s stakeholders: relocation from China. The economic arguments are now joined by political considerations. The pandemic has meant that relocation from China has come to th...
    Ganyi Zhang
    August 14 2020
    7 min

    Coronavirus: an asymmetrical recovery which unsettles the supply chain

    The Covid-19 epidemic continues to spread around the world, despite a certain respite in China and Europe. A complex situation to manage, especially in sectors dependent on global logistics. The recovery promises to be asymmetrical, both regionally and by industry. On July 7th, the EU published its ...
    Ganyi Zhang
    July 28 2020
    8 min

    China-Europe rail freight growth: long-lasting trend or flash in the pan?

    The coronavirus pandemic has boosted the emergence of new options for the supply chain between Asia and Europe. Other modes than ocean shipping and airfreight have been considered, in particular railway and intermodal shipping. The Chinese government strongly supports this trend. The pandemic has po...
    Ganyi Zhang
    July 03 2020
    7 min

    Tensions between China and US: closer EU-China trade relations?

    Could trade relations between China and the European Union profit from the tensions between China and the US? This article tries to answer this question by exploring the impact of the transatlantic and transpacific trade tensions on China-EU trade relations. The China-US phase one deal certainly did...
    Ganyi Zhang
    June 23 2020
    8 min

    EU-Brazil trade amid the recovery and outbreak

    Brazil is the single largest supplier of agricultural products and the main supplier of raw material for the European Union. Whilst the country is now in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic, this paper discusses the impact of the outbreak in Brazil on the recovery of the EU. Since May, as Europe b...
    Ganyi Zhang
    June 09 2020
    7 min

    Cross-border E-commerce: a silver lining to the uncertainty of global trade?

    The pandemic has resulted in a strong increase in demand for e-commerce since lockdown measures have led consumers to seek more online options. Under the challenges facing global trade, which the IMF predicts will suffer an 11% annual contraction, we analyze in this paper if cross-border e-commerce ...
    Ganyi Zhang
    May 26 2020
    9 min

    Coronavirus: EU-Vietnam trade in the post-lockdown phase

    The Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Vietnam is likely to enter into force in July 2020. In this article, we analyze the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on trade between these two stakeholders, and the perspectives in the post-lockdown phase. Among all the Southeast Asian countries confronting ...
    Ganyi Zhang
    May 12 2020
    7 min

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