by Descartes Datamyne | Jul 28, 2015 | Indicators, Markets
The Mercosur countries feeling the pinch of China’s economic rebalancing act with its cutbacks in imports (as we wrote yesterday in Mercosur’s Falling Currencies Failing to Lift Exports) are not alone: Any country that counts on China as a customer for its exports is...
by Descartes Datamyne | Jul 27, 2015 | Indicators, Markets
One benefit of a weakening currency should be exports priced to move in the global marketplace. So the slide in value of, for example, Brazil’s real should be translating into rising exports. But that’s not happening in Brazil or other key emerging markets that the...
by Descartes Datamyne | Jul 20, 2015 | Markets, Trade Policy
The Pacific Alliance has reached a new milestone in its quest to eliminate barriers to the free flow of goods, capital and labor across the borders of the bloc’s four member nations (Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) and so position itself as a hub for Asian-Latin...
by Descartes Datamyne | Jul 15, 2015 | Resources
We’re looking forward to the annual Esri User Conference next week in San Diego, where we’ll be presenters and exhibitors (if you’re going, stop by and see us at Booth #913). Our partners at Esri are leaders in the development of GIS software. We teamed with them last...
by Descartes Datamyne | Jul 15, 2015 | Markets, Trade Data
Iran is readying the ground for resumption of petrochemicals exports as the nuclear deal it’s struck with six world powers, including the US, calls for lifting the sanctions that have throttled the country’s sales abroad and shrunk its economy by 20%. As Platts...
