Foxconn Leases New Site in Vietnam As It Continues To Diversify Production Away From China
February 15th, 2023
Via South China Morning Post, an article on Foxconn’s efforts to diversify production away from China: Apple’s biggest contractor Foxconn Technology Group said it has secured a new site in Vietnam, as the Taiwanese giant pushes ahead with efforts to shift more production away from mainland China following major disruptions at its key manufacturing base late last year. […]
Read more »Zimbabwe National Railway: Way Off Track
February 15th, 2023
Courtesy The Africa Report, an article on the decrepit nature of Zimbabwe’s national railway: For almost three decades Zimbabwe’s railway system has been in a comatose state. The effects of the demise of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) are not only being felt by businesses that used rail transport for their raw materials, but by […]
Read more »El Salvador To Open A Bitcoin Embassy in Texas
February 15th, 2023
Via Bitcoin Magazine, a report on a new link between El Salvador and Texas, borne out of Bitcoin: After opening its first Bitcoin Embassy in Lugano, Switzerland, El Salvador is opening a second one in Texas. According to a tweet from El Salvador’s Ambassador to the United States, Milena Mayorga, a meeting took place between her, other representatives […]
Read more »Gold, Conflict and Liberty in Kyrgyzstan
February 15th, 2023
Via Emerging Europe, a detailed look at Kyrgyzstan: Currently enjoying the highest economic growth of any country in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan is a failed state no more. ‘Tell investors we’re coming’, says the country’s former ambassador to the UK Edil Baisalov. Edil Baisalov spent years fighting for democracy in Kyrgyzstan […]
Read more »China Hasn’t Given Up on the Belt and Road
February 14th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, a look at China’s BRI which – while less flashy – is viewed by many as no less ambitious: In the decade since Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced the Belt and Road Initiative, Beijing’s huge infrastructure and investment program has become a defining part of its foreign policy. In the BRI’s […]
Read more »How Lebanon Can Unlock Its Oil and Gas Wealth
February 14th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on a new maritime deal with Israel could be an economic lifeline for Lebanon—if the government in Beirut can get its act together: On Oct. 27, 2022, Israel and Lebanon signed a breakthrough agreement establishing a permanent maritime boundary between them in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. The two countries have technically been […]
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