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TheCityUK’s Economic Research underpins the important—and sometimes still counter-intuitive—point that the financial and related professional services industry makes a significant contribution to the economy across the UK, not just in London. Most attention tends to focus on the spread of...

PBEC Corporate Member Guadalajara World Trade Center, Mexico represented by General Manager and Director Federico G. Lepe shares his views on the opportunities generated by the Near-Shoring trends, and comments utilising the latest economic data available in this comprehensive overview...

Mixed Oct economic data reflects an uneven recovery. Resilient industrial production (IP) growth was underpinned by China’s rising electric car industry and related industries. Stronger-than-expected headline retail sales were driven by low base effects as underlying spending growth remained soft....

Geostrategic and Geoeconomic Challenges Facing a New Multipolar World Geo-economic trends, technological competition and Geopolitics means higher uncertainty for APAC region in future. PBEC is pleased to share this interesting presentation of latest economic data from a respected scholar Tan...

Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd, the retail arm of Reliance Industries, has received the full subscription amount of $240m from the global investment firm KKR and has allotted 17.1m equity shares. Following the share allotment, KKR’s shareholding in Reliance Retail Ventures...

The recent news of Wells Fargo & Co. and BNP Paribas SA facing massive fines, totaling $266 million, for employees’ improper use of unofficial communication channels like WhatsApp, personal texts, and email to conduct business has sent shockwaves through the...

The East-West Center promotes better relations and understanding among the people and nations of the United States, Asia, and the Pacific through cooperative study, research, and dialogue. Established by the US Congress in 1960, the Center serves as a resource...

The Big Picture Boosting growth while eyeing the long term. What are the policy options for China? By Li Cui The latest Chinese data indicates a modest recovery post pandemic, with diverging sectoral trends. After the strong rebound in 1Q,...

Tony Goodger of the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers highlights some exciting benefits for the UK meat sector through new trade deals. In October 2021 the Government published the “UK approach to joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific...

Regional trends in global sourcing As businesses assess their operational capacity needs for a predicted bumpy recovery, to recalibrate during and post-pandemic, it is crucial to understand what brought us to this point and where it is likely leading us....