Asian Corporates in Europe

In 2023, Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) exports to Europe fell 20.65% in value terms to €17.38bn ($18.81bn), due to high inflation and economic turbulence.

The European Green Deal is expected to have an impact on every New Zealand (and other 3rd countries) land-based food and beverage producer.

The EUDR requires importers of commodities to show that the commodities did not originate from deforested land or contributed to deforestation. See an Indonesian company gears up to respond.

Malaysia is confident to obtain EU’s recognition of the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification scheme. This will help mitigate impact of EU’s Deforestation Regulation on smallholders.

Vietnam is a leading rice exporter in the world. Vietnamese ST 25 rice won the world’s best rice award in 2019. It’s time o convince European consumers to try Vietnamese rice.

With the upgrade for EU standards-compliance, Interpharma, one of Thailand’s top 5 pharma producers, aims to extend its market reach from Asia to the EU.

Korean Air won EU antitrust approval to buy Asiana Airlines after the companies agreed to sell the latter’s cargo unit and divest routes to four European cities to a rival. Antitrust clearance discussions now focus with the US before the merger review process will be completed.

Later February, the first of the roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ships ordered by Chinese BEV manufacturer BYD will stop at ports in the Netherlands and Germany. Meanwhile, it will be interesting to see how the findings of Commission’s anti-subsidy investigation might affect Chinese BEV imports in the EU.