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China treads a fine line on the Russia–Ukraine war
Author: Jia Deng, Lowy Institute Since the beginning of the Russia–Ukraine war, China has been urged to give up its ‘chilling silence’ and help
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Japan’s reluctant realism on Taiwan
Author: Mong Cheung, Waseda University While the US-Japan alliance, US military bases in Japan, and its geographical proximity make Japan an
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Global chemicals face negative growth on inflation, more logistics problems and a deep China downturn
By John Richardson SUPPLY-CHAIN problems continue to disrupt the global chemicals and polymer industries more than two years since the pandemic
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China polyethylene: latest scenarios for 2022 demand and net imports
Following my post last week on my latest outlook for China’s polypropylene (PP) demand and net imports in 2022, see below my latest predictions
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China’s PP market and Zero-COVID: why 2022 net imports could fall to just 300,000 tonnes
By John Richardson THERE IS NOT MUCH point in carrying out economic stimulus if people can’t spend the extra money. This is the dilemma China faces
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US domestic PE logistics challenges may create bigger opportunity for other producers in Europe
By John Richardson SO MUCH, PERHAPS, for the theory that if the US suffers no outages on the scale of 2021, we will this year see a surge in
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Europe HDPE: why net imports could be 3m tonnes higher this year
By John Richardson WE ARE LIVING in a much more complex polyolefins world where every decision you make over the remainder of this year will require
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China’s 2022 PE growth may be minus 3% with net imports declining by 29%
By John Richardson OFFICIALLY, China’s GDP grew by a healthy 4.8% in Q1 2022 on a year-on-year basis. This would put China more in less in line to
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The Russia–Ukraine crisis is bad news for China’s economy
Author: Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Bruegal Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the unprecedented sanctions imposed against Russia by the United States,
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The Russia–Ukraine crisis is bad news for China’s economy
Author: Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Bruegel Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the unprecedented sanctions imposed against Russia by the United States,
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Australia’s election choices and its standing in Asia
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Australians head to the polls on 21 May to choose between the incumbent conservative Liberal-National coalition or the
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Australia sleepwalking into an economic and strategic mess
Author: Tom Westland, ANU Australia’s first national election since the start of the COVID pandemic is now underway. Before the Omicron wave of
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Australia’s election raises foreign policy questions
Author: Charlie Barnes, ANU On Sunday 10 April, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that the 2022 Australian federal election would be
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Australia’s election raises foreign policy questions
Author: Charlie Barnes, ANU On Sunday 10 April, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that the 2022 Australian federal election would be
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The clock is ticking on a consumption-led China recovery in 2022
By John Richardson FEW PEOPLE HAVE made money out of shorting China. Time and time again, brief periods of weak economic growth have been followed