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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 Thebault
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

Coronavirus: The road back to work in China is a bumpy one

The whole of China, except Hubei, is now pushing to get back to work. Overall, the restoration of the Chinese manufacturing industry is asymmetrical when looking at the rapidly growing number of companies that have resumed work compared to the slow recovery of their manufacturing capacity. Over the ...
Ganyi Zhang
February 28 2020
4 min
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Poland: a prominent place in the transport and logistics sector

DOSSIER. Poland has risen to join the top 25 economic powers in the world, by using mainly European funds to develop its infrastructure. Upply presents a series of articles on this country which has hoisted its colors above the field of European road freight transport, and now has new logistical amb...
David Thebault
February 04 2020
6 min

The Coronavirus Outbreak: A summary of its impacts on the supply chain

The coronavirus outbreak is going to have a wide range of impacts on shipping and supply chains, as well as on the Chinese manufacturing industry. The coronavirus outbreak in China has caused over 300 deaths there since January 2020. On January 30th, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the ...
Ganyi Zhang
February 03 2020
7 min

China-US Phase One Trade Deal: A moment of truce?

2019 has been a year full of uncertainties: The China-US trade war, Brexit, and troubled waters in Hormuz... Now we have entered into 2020, some are experiencing a moment of respite whilst others are escalating. Let’s analyze the trends that can be anticipated. Along with the signature of the China-...
Ganyi Zhang
January 24 2020
8 min

China-US trade war: what would a delay of tariffs mean

Another round of an additional 15% tariff on $156 billion of Chinese goods could enter into force on December 15th, at the same time as 5% to 25% tariffs on US automobile and automobile parts by China. On Thursday, Trump's signing off on the Phase One deal in principle may shed some lights on the tr...
Ganyi Zhang
December 13 2019
4 min

EU-Singapore FTA: A pilot for the EU’s ambitions in Southeast Asia

On November 21st, the first EU-Singapore FTA entered into force. It marks a milestone between the EU and Southeast Asian countries. A decade after the 2009 pause in the negotiations that had started in 2007 towards a EU-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) FTA, the EU finally has free trad...
Ganyi Zhang
November 29 2019
6 min

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