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This week's primary foreign investment news
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HEADLINES: This week we look at new China market entry relaxations for foreign investors, especially in the financial services industry, provide a complimentary magazine about Vietnam's Digital Economy and market entry opportunities, and examine India's Freight Forwarding sector. Russia meanwhile has asked the BRICS nations to adopt a non-US dollar trade policy, Pakistan's PM has just resigned, and differences exist between Chinese Government ministerial statistics. We examine each of these issues and look at new supply chain developments between Europe & Asia in our Belt and Road Initiative round up.

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China’s 2022 Market Access Negative List: Restrictions Cut, Financial Sector Opening
China has opened more sectors of its economy to private investment, per a new update to the Negative List for Market Access. The negative list is a document that delineates industries that are prohibited or restricted to private investment by companies in China. Any industry not included on the list is presumed to be open to investment without requiring additional administrative approvals. We examine key changes in the policy and discuss the further liberalization of the financial sector.
 
Vietnam’s Digital Economy and Identifying Government Support – Latest Issue of Vietnam Briefing Magazine
The latest issue of Vietnam Briefing Magazine, titled “Digital Economy Prospects in Vietnam and Identifying Government Support”, is out now and currently available to subscribers as a complimentary download in the Asia Briefing Publication Store. Vietnam’s digital economy has seen significant growth over the last decade and is expected to be valued at US$57 billion by 2025. In response, the Vietnamese government is facilitating a regulatory and incentives-based environment to promote technological innovation.
Freight Forwarding Industry in India: Market Outlook and How to Set Up
Increasing integration with the global economy coupled with improving production activity and consumption trends at home has presented the Indian freight forwarding industry with attractive opportunities. For instance, India’s exports amounted to US$417.8 billion and import volume rose to US$610 billion during FY 2021-22.
 
Russia's Finance Minister Asks BRICS For Non-Dollar Financial Trade Settlement Agreement
Russia's Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has requested from the BRICS group of countries it partners with to arrange trade settlements in their respective currencies and to avoid the use of the US dollar.
 
How Will Imran Khan's Ouster As Pakistan President Affect China's CPEC Belt & Road And South Asian Security?
Khan’s departure leaves Pakistan in a position of some status quo until new elections can be held, which probably cannot take place until the autumn.
 
Why are MOFCOM’s and the Foreign Exchange Bureau’s China FDI Statistics Different?
There is a large discrepancy between the China FDI statistics released by China’s Ministry of Commerce and the foreign exchange bureau. This is due to the different statistical methods adopted by the two government bodies – and is done entirely on purpose. The two FDI figures have different uses and focus on different aspects of the investments.
 
Belt and Road Weekly Investor Intelligence #76
Supply chains are rapidly evolving due to the situation in Ukraine. This week we examine how the southern BRI and INSTC routes are developing as the Caucasus, Gulf and Central Asia take on more infrastructure projects to keep up with new Europe-Asia demand.
 
 
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