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How Euro meltdown will impact on Asia
26-07-2010
EUROPE is Asia’s biggest export market. But the European crisis might have one silver lining – it may take the heat off Asian growth, and, therefore, inflation fears, in part because a lower Euro makes Asian exports less competitive. A lower Euro is also a potential threat to US import markets into Asia – China, for example, may now look to Europe for high-tech goods . . .....

Euro a first ‘aftershock’ of American sub-prime — ‘More in next several years’
26-07-2010
SHOCKS in the US and Europe in the past 18 months are ‘powerful signals’ to China and the rest of Asia that they need to focus on stimulating domestic consumption . . . ....

Household spending to offset Euro cutbacks
26-07-2010
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Trade credit will be harder to come by
20-07-2010
AS the dynamics of trade credit change, a new White Paper from Atradius urges banks to refocus on corporate lending as an opportunity for generating profits rather than as a risk.......

Banking industry gears for fundamental change - ‘Intense discussions’ under way
29-06-2010
THE banking industry says new laws proposed by the G-20 countries include a proposal to increase the risk rating of trade finance – a move that would increase the cost, and limit the availability, of trade credit, and strangle the nascent global economic recovery . . .....

TAIWAN COMING IN FROM THE COLD?
27-06-2010
BEIJING is offering tariff reductions to Taiwan on export items valued at up to US$12 billion as the two finalise an ‘early harvest’ list of concessions to allow signing of an Economic Co-operation Framework Agreement . . ....

US exports to China up 330 per cent
24-06-2010
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Asia exports, key growth driver, down in 2011: IMF
24-06-2010
ASIA’s true dependence on external demand is greater than previously suggested, and demand from the US and EU is unlikely to reach pre-2009 levels, says the IMF . . .....

Tax collections top-of-mind for Noynoy Aquino
24-06-2010
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Ending the era of licensing raj
09-06-2010
INDIA has started to reap the benefits of deregulation, with economic growth broadly based across all geographic boundaries and all strata of its diverse population, says O P Bhatt, Chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI) Group. For too long, he says, India was shuttered from the rest of the world by its import licensing system, which benefitted only a privileged group, known as the permit licensing raj. India will now globalise at a faster pace than any other country in the world, he says . . .....

Why trade finance is back in fashion
09-06-2010
Recent inter-regional trade flows appear to be destined more for Chinese consumers – not to those in western markets, like the United States and EU, which remain weak . . .....

FOR PYONGYANG, A PERFECT STORM
24-05-2010
THE man who in November deliberately wiped out the cash stashes of North Korea’s private marketeers, Kim Jong-il’s youngest son, Jong-eun, is at the centre of family manoeuvring which would see him succeed to the leadership . . .....

US call for IMF, WTO to move on Renminbi
24-05-2010
CLAMOUR in the United States for China to revalue its currency has become almost deafening, with moves now for the matter to become a multilateral issue, involving the principles of free trade and fair pricing . . .....

DA NANG is offering incentives for tourism investment
24-05-2010
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JOBLESS NOW THE SLEEPING DRAGON?
17-05-2010
Structural unemployment could lead to serious political and social challenges, warns the IMF as the world adjusts to new economic realities . . .....

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