Now many economists, of which I am not one, would and do claim that the EU Single Market is fairly protectionist. The last US Congressional hearing I watched via an Internet link had three US economists telling the panel that the US was also a very protectionist market as well. I shall of course defer [...]
As the EU and EaP nations sit in Warsaw reaffirming commitments and pushing their respective positions collectively and individually, Eximbank of China has stated it will invest $10 billion in Ukrainian agriculture and set up a permanent working group to identify suitable projects in Ukraine. $10 billion is not small money when it comes to [...]
Well dear readers, Ukraine is often mentioned in the media in relation to tenders. Mostly in a bad light regarding transparency or or the origins of the companies that actually win. Anyway, the Lebanese government decided to hold a tender for 25,000 tonnes of wheat grain on an FOB basis. Tenders duly arrived from the [...]
Well dear readers, Mark Twain once said “Buy land, they’re not making it any more.” If there is one thing Ukraine has, it is a lot of land. Good agricultural land. The best black soil on the continent of Europe in fact. Much of it is unused and what is in use is poorly managed, [...]