The Backlash to Belt and Road
June 17th, 2022
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, commentary on what some term a South Asian battle over Chinese economic power: When Beijing announced its One Belt, One Road initiative five years ago, the global reaction was immediate and pronounced. OBOR, as it became known, was hailed as a transformative effort to deploy China’s economic might in service of […]
Read more »Perking Up: Is Huawei Set To Take On Starbucks In Coffee Push?
June 17th, 2022
Via Week in China, a look at Ren Zhengfei is not a coffee drinker. But that hasn’t stopped the founder of Huawei from becoming a coffee devotee. He’s known to have joked that when he retires, he would like to open a coffee shop. He has also been quoted (repeatedly) pushing the maxim, “A cup […]
Read more »Pakistan-Afghanistan Trade Ties
June 15th, 2022
Via Eurasia Review, an article on Pakistan-Afghanistan trade ties: Afghanistan and Pakistan has bilateral trade agreement known as Afghanistan – Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APPTA). The bilateral agreement was signed in 2010 aimed at to facilitate the movement of goods between two countries. Pakistan has given the second extension till the signing of revised APTTA […]
Read more »Digital Silk Road: China-GCC Digital Economic Cooperation
June 11th, 2022
Via The Middle East Institute, a look at China-GCC digital economic cooperation: The strategic rivalry between China and the US that has developed over the past decade includes a struggle for control of the global digital economy, particularly the digital infrastructure and information communications technology (ICT) markets. In recent years, China has become a global […]
Read more »Afghan Finances: Guns Over Butter
June 11th, 2022
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at Afghanistan’s economic situation: The Medina Bazaar neighbourhood in Kabul used to be a jolly mess of consumption and construction. As Afghanistan’s economy surged, helped along by billions of dollars in foreign aid, businessmen invested in property. Shopping plazas and wedding halls sprang up. Shops selling everything from women’s […]
Read more »Iran, Venezuela Sign Two-Decade Cooperation Deal
June 11th, 2022
Via Al Monitor, a report that Iran and Venezuela have signed a two-decade cooperation deal: Iran and Venezuela signed a 20-year deal on cooperation between the two allies subject to US sanctions during a visit Saturday to the Islamic republic by Venezuela’s President Nicholas Maduro. The inking of the agreement “shows the determination of the high-level […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.