Hong Kong Trade Development Council leaders emphasized the need for an outward-looking economy and free port status to ensure the city's prosperity. They stressed maintaining the free flow of goods, people, capital, and information, and warned against repeating pandemic-era restrictions.
Hong Kong leaders emphasized the need for an outward-looking economy and free port status to ensure the city's prosperity. Speaking at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council's 60th anniversary, they stressed collaboration with mainland China and creative problem-solving, while warning against pandemic-era restrictions.
Hong Kong leaders emphasized the need to remain an outward-looking economy and a free port, highlighting collaboration with mainland China and creative problem-solving. They stressed maintaining the free flow of goods, people, capital, and information, warning against a repeat of pandemic-era restrictions.
The EU's 20th sanctions package includes a ban on operations with Murmansk port, which an expert says is an attempt to halt Russian Arctic development. Alexey Fadeyev, Doctor of Economics, called it a direct confirmation of the port's strategic importance for the Russian economy and the Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor. He noted there is no evidence the port is used to circumvent sanctions.
