China’s BYD To Invest $1B in Turkey for EV Plant
July 10th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on BYD’s plans to invest $1B into a Turkish EV plant: Chinese electric-vehicle maker BYD will invest $1 billion in Turkey to set up an EV and plug-in hybrid vehicle factory with an annual capacity of 150,000 units, creating a second European production and export hub after the one it […]
Read more »What Does Future Hold For India?
July 10th, 2024
Via McKinsey, a report on seven trends likely to shape India for years to come—and help it achieve its development goals: India is a place of superlatives. It’s home to the world’s fifth-largest economy. Its population, at over 1.4 billion people, has surpassed China’s to become the largest in the world. And that population is young: at a […]
Read more »As Violence Surges, Can Pakistan Protect Its Chinese Projects?
July 10th, 2024
Courtesy of The New York Times, a look at how – while China has invested billions in megaprojects across Pakistan – a resurgence in militant violence is threatening to derail badly needed investment: In a busy port city along Pakistan’s southwestern coast, a newly built security barrier and hundreds of new checkpoints safeguard Chinese workers. […]
Read more »Vietnam Plans Three Railway Links With China Under BRI
July 10th, 2024
Via Vietnam’s The Investor, an article on Vietnam’s plans for three (3) railway links with China under Belt and Road Initiative: Vietnam is considering three railway routes linking with China under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the “Two Corridors, One Belt” initiative, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said Thursday. Speaking at the Vietnam-China strategic […]
Read more »Chabahar Port – India’s Entrance into Geopolitical Influence
July 10th, 2024
Via Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, commentary on Chabahar Port: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: On May 5 of this year, India and Iran announced the renewal of their partnership at Chabahar Port in southeastern Iran. The strategic port is India’s gateway to Central Asia and Northern Europe. Its great importance stems from the fact that it allows […]
Read more »Record Flow of Investment Into Dominican Republic
July 9th, 2024
Courtesy of Latinometrics, an illustrated look at the investment record of the Dominican Republic: The Dominican Republic (DR) is the third smallest country in Latin America in terms of land mass, with just roughly 11M inhabitants. In fact, you could fit 175 DRs into Brazil’s land mass. The country has a relatively diversified export economy worth $13B in 2023, […]
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.