Author: JW MORRIS
China and Latin America: A pragmatic embrace
Ted Piccone July 2020 Ted Piccone examines the tightening embrace between China and the Latin American and Caribbean region. He highlights how China has emerged as a heavyweight in trade and investment and the implications for the region’s infrastructure and energy systems, as well as for its politics. China’s growing involvement in the region also […]
Testing the limits of China and Brazil’s partnership
Harold Trinkunas Harold Trinkunas explores the relationship between Brazil and China, which is largely grounded in trade and investment. Brazil trades nearly twice as much with China as with the United States, a gap that has been widening as a result of trade diversion resulting from the U.S.-China trade war. Brazil and China also have […]
Considerations – Leasing Financial Instruments
Considerations if you are looking into leasing a financial instrumentImagine there is a very wealthy investor with Euro 10 million in liquid cash. He is supposed to issue an SBLC to support a third party. Let us assume this third party is you. Let us further assume, it is your intention to borrow Euro 7 […]
China’s Indian Ocean ambitions
Investment, influence, and military advantage, a report by Joshua T. White, Nonresident Fellow – Foreign Policy Joshua T. White documents China’s expanding engagements in the Indian Ocean region (IOR). He concludes that even though present-day Chinese power projection capabilities in the IOR remain modest, China appears to be pursuing capabilities that would enable it to […]
Do you need an SBLC or a Bank Guarantee to back up a loan?
You have a bank willing to extend a loan to you? This is how we can help clients with an established business. A client has an established business and wants to start a project and requires a loan for his business. He talks to his bank. Since the bank worked with the client and knows […]