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    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

    Oil prices at an all-time low: good news for transport and logistics?

    Oil prices are plunging and even to the point of crossing the threshold of a negative value: this situation seemed impossible only a few days ago, but briefly became reality, thus testifying to the serious economic crisis linked to the Covid-19 epidemic. It remains to be seen whether the decline is ...
    David Thébault
    May 07 2020
    7 min

    China-EU trade: Central Eastern European countries are benefiting

    Unsurprisingly, the EU’s trade with China in the first quarter of 2020 has suffered a 10% loss in exports and a 6% drop in imports, losing its position as China’s largest trading partner to ASEAN. However, it is worth noting that there was an overall 6% increase of Chinese imports from Central Easte...
    Ganyi Zhang
    April 27 2020
    6 min
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    Strategic autonomy of EU industry: No better time to discuss than now

    The current coronavirus pandemic has sharply raised the question of European strategic autonomy. In this article, we have chosen to address this topic from two perspectives: the role of Foreign Direct Investments and the reshoring options to create a Pan-European value chain. On March 10th, the EU C...
    Ganyi Zhang
    April 14 2020
    6 min

    Throughput of Chinese Ports: the first impacts of the pandemic

    According to data published by the Chinese Ministry of Transport, the total throughput of Chinese ports has decreased by 8%, and by 11% for container shipping volume during the first two months of 2020, partly due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Moreover, China will be facing a declining demand from th...
    Ganyi Zhang
    April 07 2020
    5 min

    Coronavirus outbreak: a potential shortage of meat in China

    The health situation is improving in China. But the supply of meat may become an emerging problem and a logistical issue for the coming months, as a collateral effect of the Covid-19 outbreak. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19, Chinese food supply demand has been experiencing a temporary decrease s...
    Ganyi Zhang
    March 26 2020
    6 min

    The impact of the coronavirus on the economic outlook for 2020

    At the beginning of the year, international organizations were still expecting an improvement in growth for 2020 compared to 2019. The coronavirus epidemic is turning the game upside down. Beyond the economic consequences, this crisis calls into question the current organization of supply chains. "T...
    David Thébault
    March 09 2020
    6 min

    Asia - Europe: Mapping out the connection between Poland and China

    As one of the first Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries to have joined the Belt and Road Initiative, Poland has marked its ambition to become the logistics hub connecting China and Europe. While Poland serves a critical role in the EU-China shipping connections, the Chinese investment in th...
    Ganyi Zhang
    March 05 2020
    9 min

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