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WHAT'S NEXT?: Global trade policies could be upended with a new President in the White House, Brexit, a potential break-up of the European Union and China reacting to these changes in profound ways.

[New] The Line 3 project is expected to add about 370,000 barrels per day of export capacity from Western Canada into the U.S.
[New] As China's trade surplus gradually narrows and the vertiginous rates of growth delivered by some Chinese companies revert to more moderate levels, the opportunities for asset managers that are skilled at stock-picking will become increasingly important.
[New] There is no question that the relationship with (and intense competition between) the United States and China will be the most critical relationship for the next 100 years so it is important to deeply understand all of China's strengths and weaknesses.
[New] The Biden administration will review bilateral trade negotiations and targets that ex-President Donald Trump regime made with Kenya last year over a potential free trading deal.
[New] Practice has proved that China's development is a growing force for world peace, a favorable factor for promoting international cooperation and an important opportunity for Japan's long-term economic development.
[New] China has embraced capitalism, does not export its ideology, and does not pose an existential threat to liberal democracy and the Western way of life in the way the Soviet Union once did.
[New] The latest data from US service industry and China will support base metals to trade firm for the day, also supported by a weaker dollar.
[New] With the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the ten ASEAN countries together with Japan, China, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand will establish the largest free trade area in the world.
[New] Regions that remain on the outside - i.e. North America, Europe and India - surely fear that trade flows will be diverted.
[New] A recovery in Iran exports before the end of 2021 would add $5 of downside risk, while the lack of an agreement would create around $10 of upside risk.
[New] Iran's exports of crude, condensate and oil products could easily reach 1.5 million to 2 million barrels a day in coming months.
[New] After helping to deliver GDP growth of 3.4% in 2020 - making Ireland the only eurozone economy to expand during the first pandemic year - Irish exports are projected to continue to grow at a strong pace in 2021 as global economic conditions improve.
[New] Asia is the most important growth market for energy in the world and will take all of Northern Gateway's 525,000 barrels per day the moment it is completed.
[New] China is developing a digital yuan that is backed by China's central bank, and which could be set to rival the USD as a way to settle trade.
[New] Nuclear reactors can provide low-carbon energy, and advanced nuclear technologies could play an important role in moving the United States towards a zero-carbon future.
[New] The U.S. trade deficit is expected to widen in February, and preliminary data for the month already show a record gap for trade in goods.
[New] More export opportunities and more advanced tech partnerships - if the UK follows the digital trade policy standards set in the trade agreements with Japan and the EU in future trade negotiations.
[New] The UK's Board of Trade report highlighted the importance of strengthening trade ties with fast-growing emerging markets, with 65% of the world's middle classes set to be in the Asia-Pacific by 2030.
[New] The US and the rest of North America will be the biggest importers of goods in 2021 while China and other Asian economies will lead the way in supplying them.
[New] The U.S. will not lift some $370 billion of tariffs on Chinese imports anytime soon but may be ready to reopen trade negotiations with Beijing.

Last updated: 08 April 2021

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