Green Futures For Chile, Brazil, Egypt, Kenya And Taiwan

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Clean Energy, South America, World

iconLatin America is leaping ahead into a renewables-led future: Chile is currently the leader of this pack, but Brazil has moved fast on capturing and exploiting the growth in renewable energy markets. In Africa, Egypt is one of the most attractive destinations in the renewables market, whilst Kenya is eager to be a regional clean energy leader and geo-thermal superpower. In Asia, the push for a giant leap towards renewable energy in Taiwan has come all the way from the top of the government, thanks to the President’s de-nuclearization policy.

How U.S. Oil Imports Have Changed Over The Last Decade

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Oil, OPEC, USA

iconOPEC is not the name it was compared to the early 1970s when it controlled more than 50% of global market share. Its recent deal to cut production has kept the oil price above $50 a barrel, but gains will be effectively capped once low-cost shale producers ramp up production again. And this is happening when oil is waning in importance in the global energy mix; when U.S. domestic production has almost doubled because of the shale revolution; and when Canada has become the major supplier of oil to the U.S.

Anti-Dumping Measures Against Chinese Goods to rise in 2017

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China, Economy, Goods

In 2016 there were more than 260 anti-dumping measures or investigations against Chinese goods. This year’s number represents a roughly 17.7% rise from 2015. The measures were aimed at a wide range of Chinese goods but the main target was Chinese steel products. “All these countries like to blame China for their own problems in the steel industry, but China didn’t create the problems for them, it’s sluggish global demand amid weak economic growth that caused the problem,” said a research fellow at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.