Is China Gaslighting the Developing World?
April 8th, 2024
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, commentary on how Beijing’s promises of equality are actually a guise for hegemony: When Hanoi declared its support for China’s proposed “community of shared destiny” during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam last December, it was hailed by Beijing. China wants a post-American world order of its own design, and […]
Read more »How India Can Take China’s Growth Crown
April 8th, 2024
Courtesy of Bloomberg, analysis of how – if India hits all the right economic notes – it could lead global growth by 2028: China is slowing and Western governments increasingly see it as a rival rather than an economic partner. On its southwestern border, another rising economy is vying to take its place as the […]
Read more »Morocco’s Tanger Med Breaks Into Top 20 Ports
April 8th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an article on the growth of Morocco’s Tanger Med container port in Ksar Sghir near the coastal city of Tangier: The largest port in the Mediterranean continues to capitalise on its position as the gateway to Africa, and is surging ahead of major global competitors such as Hamburg. As the […]
Read more »Gulf Arab States Test Waters With Iraq Investment
April 8th, 2024
Courtesy of Reuters, a report on growing Gulf investment interest in Iraq: Gulf Arab states pledge more investment in Iraq Ties growing after decades of strained relations Iraqi economy improving, helped by relative stability Questions remain over Iran’s influence In Baghdad’s Green Zone, a heavily fortified legacy from Iraq’s war-torn years, the glitzy Qatar-financed Rixos […]
Read more »AD Ports Partners with Iraq on Al-Faw Grand Port Development
April 7th, 2024
Via World Cargo News, a report on AD Ports Group joining forces with Iraq’s General Company for Ports to develop Al-Faw Grand Port, poised to offer a strategic alternative to the Suez Canal: Abu Dhabi-based AD Ports Group has signed a preliminary agreement with the General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI) to establish a joint […]
Read more »Invest in K-pop, Goldman says
April 7th, 2024
While South Korea has long shed the title of developing market, an interesting article from Semafor on Goldman Sachs’ views that its stock market is currently undervaluing K-pop: Korean pop music is ubiquitous: Six of the world’s top 20 best-selling artists in 2023, and all three of the best-selling albums, were South Korean, an industry […]
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.