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2 weeks, 3 days ago

China vs West tension kicks off a global rush for strategic metals

The price of antimony, scarce in nature but essential for military equipment such as ammunition, infrared missiles, nuclear weapons, and night vision goggles, rallied nearly 230% this year to about $39,000 per metric ton in Rotterdam’s busy spot market The flag of China is placed next to the elements of Gallium and Germanium on a periodic table, in this illustration …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Size matters: Decoding Indian manufacturing’s problem of scale

Live Mint

New Delhi: The production-linked incentive scheme—one of the ways in which this government was hoping to increase manufacturing in India—is going through a slowdown, with planned expansions to the programme being put on hold. Size does matter As of 2019, the last date for which data was available, Bangladesh’s ALTF sector employed 2.45 million people, with 66% of those working …

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1 month ago

Southeast Asia’s Semiconductor Play

The Diplomat

In September 2009 Temasek Holdings, one of Singapore’s state-run investment funds, divested its 62 percent stake in a company called Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing. Given the existing IC assembly and testing infrastructure, Southeast Asia could be primed to play an important role in de-risking global semiconductor supply chains. From 2018 to 2021, Thailand averaged $10.5 billion in chip exports, about 1 …

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5 months ago

Global tensions could limit scope of trade rebound: Economic Survey

Hindustan Times

The resilience of global trade is being tested by disruptions on two of the world’s leading shipping routes, the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal, according to the Economic Survey 2024. The Panama Canal, which handles 6% of global trade and more than 70% of traffic destined for or originating from the US, is currently operating at partial capacity due …

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10 months ago

Experts: China still dominates manufacturing

China Daily

Workers assemble doors for new energy vehicles at the Dayun New Energy Vehicle Production Base in Yuncheng, Shanxi province, on Jan 25, 2024. "By working diligently to be a part of global near-shoring efforts, China continues to solidify its position as the dominant player in manufacturing and global supply chain," said Kfuri, founder of the Atlas Network LLC, an American …

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10 months ago

Manufacturing versus services: A false binary

Hindustan Times

The debate around India’s policy focus — whether it should be on manufacturing or services — is once again heating up. India’s share of global services exports is currently ~4.4%, and the country is already the largest provider of telecom and information services. The other pillar of the country’s export strategy — services exports — is where India already has …

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1 year, 3 months ago

China’s exports and imports fall in August as weak global demand keeps its economy under pressure

Associated Press

HONG KONG — China’s exports and imports both fell in August from a year earlier, reflecting tepid global demand that is adding to pressures on its slowing economy. China’s trade has been gradually declining for the past two years, though August’s drops in export and imports were less severe than in July, when exports fell 14.5% from a year earlier …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Technology will boost the role of MSMEs in India’s export success

Live Mint

During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the US, technology was centre-stage at several discussions. For example, in alignment with India’s G20 objective of linking micro, small and medium enterprises to global value chains through e-commerce platforms, Amazon announced a goal of $20 billion in cumulative e-commerce exports from India by 2025 and $125 billion by 2030. If India …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Grain exports may not reach pre-war levels, Ukraine warns

The Telegraph

"We continue technical preparations for the launch of exports of agricultural products from our ports," Oleksandr Kubrakov, the infrastructure minister, said in a Facebook post. But on Sunday the foreign ministry said: "In the seaport of Odesa…sea-based high-precision long-range missiles destroyed a docked Ukrainian warship and a warehouse of Harpoon anti-ship missiles supplied by the United States to the Kyiv …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Putin ready to facilitate export of grains from Ukraine: Kremlin

Al Jazeera

In a call with Erdogan, Russian president says Moscow ready to export fertilisers and food if sanctions are lifted. Russia and Ukraine together account for 29 percent of global wheat exports, mainly via the Black Sea, and for 80 percent of global exports of sunflower oil. In a call with Erdogan on Monday, Putin said that global food shortages were …

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2 years, 7 months ago

'Shouldn't Go Way of Covid Jabs': Criticised for Wheat Export Ban Amid Rise in Food Prices, India Slams West

News 18

Voicing its concern over hoarding and discrimination amid the unjustified increase in food prices, India has called out the West and said food grains should not go the way of the Covid-19 vaccines. In order to manage our own overall food security and support the needs of neighbouring and other vulnerable developing countries, we have announced some measures regarding wheat …

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2 years, 7 months ago

India bans exports of wheat, citing threat to food security

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — India has banned exports of wheat effective immediately, citing a risk to its food security, partly due to the war in Ukraine. A notice in the government gazette by the Directorate of Foreign Trade, dated Friday, said a spike in global prices for wheat was threatening the food security of India and neighboring and vulnerable countries. Apart …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Trade resilient to new mini-outbreaks

China Daily

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY Editor's Note: The Delta variant, given it is more contagious, could severely disrupt human activity and therefore its spread to 48 cities in 18 provinces of the Chinese mainland poses bigger risk to the economy. In China, a confirmed case of the Delta variant was detected at Nanjing Lukou International Airport on July 20, and since then …

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3 years, 5 months ago

China reports June exports surge 32%, import growth slows as rebound from pandemic levels off

India TV News

China's exports surged in June while import growth slowed to a still-robust level as its economic rebound from the coronavirus levelled off. Exports rose 32.2% from a year earlier to $281.4 billion, up from May's 28% growth, customs data showed Tuesday. Exports to the United States rose 17.8% over a year ago to $46.9 billion while imports of American goods …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Middle East sees biggest import of arms in last 5 years: Report