Old Macau

Macau's fine villas with colonnaded verandahs were an agreeable mixture of south European and Far Eastern worlds. Western comforts and amenities had come with the Portuguese who once ran all the Far East trade.

   

                                                                                                                              

                              

"Yuan trade settlements jumped 160 per cent in the third quarter from the prior three months to 126.5 billion yuan, according to the central bank." from South China Morning Post

"Oman accepts Pak proposal for maritime trade, Gwadar-Muscat ferry" from Pakistan Times

"The Minister said the cooperation between the port of Gwadar and Oman's upcoming ports in Sahhar and Dukkum would create new opportunities for the traders and skilled professionals of two countries to explore the trading potential."

"A key topic will be Pakistan's deep-water, strategic Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea, in which China has already invested US$200 million. The port will help Pakistan become a conduit for trade to landlocked Afghanistan and Central Asia." from South China Morning Post

"Taipei and Beijing set to talk trade again" from South China Morning Post

"Taipei and Beijing aim to hold trade talks on an additional 5,000 items as early as next year following a landmark framework accord signed in June, an island official said yesterday, a possible sign of more tariff cuts."

"EU imposes anti-dumping duties on Chinese paper" from South China Morning Post

"The European Union imposed tariffs as high as 39.1 per cent on Chinese paper to counter below-cost imports, curbing competition for producers in Europe in an unprecedented trade dispute."

"Emirates begin to recover after global turmoil" from South China Morning Post

"Dubai's economic relationship with Hong Kong has long been healthy. In concert with the global economic recovery, Hong Kong's imports from Dubai increased by more than 37 per cent in the first 10 months of this year, to US$1.45 billion, while exports to the UAE also rose to reach US$1.6 billion in the same period."


"Tourism in Dubai has made considerable strides over the past decade. Guest arrivals at Dubai hotels jumped from three million in 1999 to 7.6 million last year.

Dubai has also emerged as an important trading hub in the region. Its container throughput rose from 6.4 million TEUs to 11.1 million TEUs between 2004 and last year, up more than 70 per cent, making it the seventh busiest seaport in the world last year."

"Signing of US trade agreement 'may quadruple exports to HK' " from South China Morning Post

Hong Kong held out a fig leaf to the United States yesterday as it became the first and so far the only signatory to an agreement to co-operate on trade promotion with the US Commercial Service since the launch of President Obama's National Export Initiative in January."

"Cosco Pacific, the fifth-largest container terminal operator, reported 150 per cent year-on-year growth in net profit for the third quarter owing to a recovery in sea trade and the narrowing loss at Piraeus Terminal and Guangzhou Port." from South China Morning Post

千里の道も一歩から「人民元の国際化」

人民元決済の試行地区の拡大は、人民元の準備通貨への「小さな」ステップだが、それは千里への道へつながってる。６月１８日付けのFinancial Timesのブログ「Beyond Brics」にそのことが。

２００９年７月以来、上海や広東省エリアでは国際貿易の人民元決済が可能であったが、そのエリアを２０省拡大する。NAC国際会計グループが運営するサイト、「NAC Global .NET ～総経理のための香港・中国・東南アジア法令情報～」で、省の詳細が分かる。

じゃ世界では、人民元の決済は始まっているのか？

２０１０年４月１７日に中国とベネズエラが協定に調印した際に、中国は約２００億ドルのうち半分を人民元建てで融資する。 詳しい協定の内容はこちら「エイジアム研究所」

始まってるし、南米で。あのベネズエラで。

今後、中国はアジア大陸内で交通網の発達のおかげで貿易の繋がりがこれまで以上に強くなるから人民元の国際化のスピードもさらに加速するでしょ。The Economistのアジアに関するブログ「Banyan」にそのことが。この記事の中で、中国と中央アジ アの貿易は１９９０年に１億６０００千万ドルだったが、２００６年には７０億ドルへと急増したんだと。１６年の間に日本円で、だいたい６０００億円の増加、ちなみに今日のレートで。（1米ドル = 87.0625109 円）

交通網が整い、中国が中央アジア、あるいは中東の諸外国との関係を政治的にも強くしていけば（もうしているんだろうけど）、人民元はより多くの国で決済される可能性が当然ある。そういう方向の流れで、国内の人民元決済拡大があった。


ドルやユーロがグラついている時期に、着実に人民元の影響、効果、存在感を諸外国にアピールしてるでしょ。あと、今現在、為替相場荒れてるみたいです。