Posts tagged "Latin America"

CHINESE PEOPLE ATTITUDE TOWARDS BRANDS

China may be closed to the outer world one time, but when it opened its door the the outer world, well, you can conclude yourself :) . I wrote this article to give you more insight about Chinese people attitude towards brands. It's very important, moreover for you, who want to enter the Chinese market.     Research Says... Based on research that was done by Cohn & Wolfe about the authenticity of the brands in the eyes of consumers, financial brands like the Bank of China a...

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CHINA RAILWAY INVESTMENT

No matter how the yuan and stock devalue, how the economy is slowing down, for China, investment must go on! China is quite well known for its transportation and infrastructure sector. Many countries have agreed to cooperate with China to improve their  infrastructure and public transport, moreover for the railway transport. Let's see what has been China planning for the upcoming year...   Domestic Count China's national railway has set the full year fixed assets investment target at an...

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LATIN AMERICA LONG TERM GROWTH

Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean countries has weakened very significantly over the last few years. If we go back to the “golden decade” from 2003 to 2011, when rising commodity prices empowered a strong expansion, why did the region was unable to sustain sufficiently high growth rates to catch up with more advanced economies? One of the answers is Latin America’s success in expanding more sophisticated and complex goods.   The 'It' Complex Factor Recent research led ...

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THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF MEXICO’S SUPPLY CHAIN

Mexico’s growing importance in the continental supply chain is now being recognized by North American transportation groups. In the latest research, it is said that Mexican ports led the growth in import volume, with a 9.2 percent year-over-year increase—outperforming overall North American inbound growth of 6.4 percent.   The Main Causes Lately, China has been facing the rising wages and logistics costs. This leads a growing number of U.S. manufacturers to reshore or nearshore ope...

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HOW BRAZIL MANAGES ITS TRADE GROWTH

Olá! Yes, it's a Hello in Portuguese. Today, our topic comes from Brazil, yeay! Brazil is a country that has a quite high GDP compared to other countries in Latin America. Here is the analysis about how Brazil manages its trade growth.   Let's Get Started For the past 2 decades, Brazil’s annual trade growth surpassed 10%. But surprisingly, last year it dropped by 7% and the GDP only rose by 0.1% in 2014. What did happen in Brazil? How to get the economy back on track again? To do ...

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ASIA & LATIN AMERICA ECONOMY RELATION

The economy relation between the Asian countries and Latin America countries lately have been going strong, especially with China. So many agreements have been made to ease the trade between this countries. Now, let's find out more about the facts and what potentials that we have with this Asia and Latin America economy relation. What Can Asia Do to Boost Latin America's Economic? There are so many deals and investments going on between Latin America countries and Asian countries, particularly...

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CHINA INNOVATION ASSESSMENT

Good morning from China! Hope you guys all have a great day, despite all the economy hot mess. When talking about China,  some people think that China only manufactures and copies things from others, and when will the innovation take place? Lately, there was an interview talking about the assessment of China innovation done by The Wall Street Journal. Chief of Flex, Mike McNamara and GGV Capital managing partner, Jenny Lee were the interviewees. They have different opinion  about this critic...

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CHINA AND LATIN AMERICA TRADE

Good day! Despite all the bad conditions in the China's stock market, its trading activities are still running well. Currently, China has been strengthening its foreign trade in various ways (such as making new policies, etc.). Not only in the trading / commerce sector, but also in the development sector. They are building the world's largest radio telescope ! In this article, you'll find out about China's current activities  focussing on Latin America or LaTam (for other reference, click her...

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CHINA and CHILE FTA

Hello Monday, I bring good news for you! This is about the China and Chile FTA, and the newest update of its FTA (Free Trade Agreement). An avoidance of DTA (which stands for Double Taxation Agreement) was signed last May by the Premier of PRC, Li KeQiang and other delegation of Chinese senior officials went to Chile. On that particular visit, China and Chile also updated their Free Trade Agreement and agreed to set up an RMB clearing centre in Chile.   Let's dig a little deeper... ...

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Cuba, Panama and Trade Blocs?

I will continue the series of doing business in Latin America. Mercatrade has recently posted some very relevant articles from this subject so I think you should check them out. If you are importing or planning to import from China to Latin America, then at least check the post about the trade agreements and trade blocs between these two countries!   Blog post:  How To Do Business With Cuba: The Complete Guide - This article provides a complete guide about how to do business in Cub. It...

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