The True Cost of China’s Hold On Indonesia’s Nickel
August 12th, 2024
Via the Asia Times, a report on how Indonesia’s EV-fueled nickel industry has morphed into an ‘oligopsony’, where Chinese buyers drive and dominate market dynamics: During the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta on September 5-7, 2023, Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Vice President Kamala Harris discussed the potential for a US-Indonesia Critical Minerals Specific Free Trade Agreement […]
Read more »China Poised to Become Africa’s Largest Trading Partner
August 12th, 2024
Via Fair Observer, a report on how China could scoot ahead of the US this year and become Africa’s biggest trading partner: This year, China could pull ahead of the US and become Africa’s biggest trading partner, according to David Shinn, a former US ambassador to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso and an expert on Chinese–African […]
Read more »India: Well Placed To Become ‘Next China’ and Drive Global Growth
August 9th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, commentary on the opportunities and challenges India will face in becoming an economic powerhouse: The Indian economy has come under greater scrutiny as the debate over whether the country will be the “next China” intensifies. China was a key driver of global growth for almost three decades, contributing more than a quarter to […]
Read more »Can Indonesia’s Nickel Industry Break Free From China’s Grip?
August 9th, 2024
Via Foreign Policy, an article on how years of Chinese investment have transformed Jakarta into a nickel powerhouse, but that support has come at a price: As Western countries scramble to secure more nickel to power the green energy transition, Indonesia’s dreams of becoming their long-term supplier are being complicated by its ties to another […]
Read more »How China’s Communist Party is building political schools, and influence, in Africa
August 8th, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, a report on how China’s Communist Party is building political schools, and influence, in Africa: Kenya’s ruling United Democratic Alliance is the latest African political party to benefit from China’s soft power push to promote its development model and ideology on the continent. UDA officials visiting China in May clinched a […]
Read more »UAE Business Hub Eyes Chinese Businesses Amid ‘Very, Very Strong’ China Ties
August 8th, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, a report on Expo City Dubai which is eyeing Chinese firms to take up residency at the one of the newest business hubs in the UAE amid China’s growing ties with the Middle East: From start-ups to universities, a Dubai government-backed developer has increased efforts to lure Chinese businesses to […]
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.