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  November 13, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Anzali Free Trade Zone: Emerging Iran’s Gateway On The Caspian Sea

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis   If the US rejoins JCPOA, Anzali Port will boom  Anzali provides FTZ access to the nearby capital city of Tehran  Connected via maritime links to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia & Turkmenistan  Crucial part of the International North South Transport Corridor to India  
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  November 11, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Mixed China Export Results For European Union Countries Who Signed Up To The Belt And Road Initiative – But The Opportunity Is There If They Know How To Take It

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  EU members who signed BRI MoU are lagging behind in China export growth  Lack of resources, research infrastructure and market awareness may be an issue The China consumer market is growing and will hit 550 million by 2024 Closing the knowledge gap is key to understanding and implementing a successful China[…..]
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  November 10, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt And Road Initiative Member Countries: Exports Up 28% In Three Years

  Op/Ed By Chris Devonshire-Ellis  135 countries surveyed, average exports up 28.8% from 2016 to 2019 Infrastructure and ports build helping smaller economies export sales worldwide Other developments in global trade, reforms and taxes assisting US sanctions not helping reign in developing markets who are just looking to sell elsewhere   China’s Belt & Road Initiative[…..]
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  November 9, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China Belt And Road Initiative Countries Up 244 Places In World Bank Ease of Doing Business Rankings

  Op/Ed By Chris Devonshire-Ellis  China’s Belt & Road Initiative was originally launched, albeit known as the ‘One Belt One Road’ back in 2013. Now we are seven years down that path, and able to measure to some degree, the success, failure – and impact of these investments.
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  November 9, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – November 9, 2020

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion The China-EU Rail Network And The US Election (Splash 247) China Launches World’s First 6G Experimental Satellite (AA) China’s Belt And Road Initiative After The 5th Party Plenum. What Lies Ahead? (ISPI) China Will Boost Imports To US$22 Trillion This Decade (AA) China Has Inked BRI Cooperation Agreements[…..]
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  November 6, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  South American Belt And Road Projects Foreign Investors Should Be Looking At

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  China’s Belt & Road Initiative officially kicked off in 2013, some seven years ago, under the initial title of ‘One Belt One Road’. That was later dropped as it became apparent that the scale of demand for projects would be rather more than single Eurasian and Maritime routes.
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  November 4, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Has China’s Belt and Road Initiative Shifted the Geo-Political Regional Debate from APAC to the Indo-Pacific?

  Op/Ed by Andre Wheeler  So, what is in a name? Is it merely symptomatic of a diversionary tactic or is it emblematic of a greater understanding of the “middle kingdom” after years of obfuscation?  Responses to this geographic descriptor change reflects the ideological stance of the respective parties. China would prefer a continuation of the[…..]
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  November 2, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  How Does China Know Its Belt And Road Initiative Will Work? Because It Tried It Out On Itself First.

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  China’s Belt and Road Initiative has been a hugely controversial platform to develop infrastructure on a global scale, with accusations of debt burdens, exporting over-capacity and the creation of white elephants on a global scale. China has also stumped up an estimated US$1 trillion (OECD) in funding such projects – an[…..]
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  November 2, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Argentina Joins Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

  Argentina has joined the Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB ) in a move that may bring forward the countries decision to officially join China’s Belt & Road Initiative. This brings the numbers of sovereign shareholders of the AIIB to 103.
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  November 2, 2020 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China’s Belt & Road And Beyond – November 2, 2020

  Compiled By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Analysis & Opinion China Must Listen To Those Directly Affected By Its Belt & Road Projects (South China Morning Post) Building China’s Belt & Road Initiative BIT by BIT (East Asia Forum) The Three Seas Initiative: A European Answer To China’s Belt & Road? (Lowy Institute) China And The Dangers Of[…..]