A falling birth rate means China is perhaps no longer the attractive infant-formula market it once was. China’s efforts to encourage the growth of domestic infant-formula manufacturers have weighed on overseas players but Beijing’s attempts to boost the country’s birth rate have failed, reducing overall demand. Beijing has been rolling out its Action Plan for the […]
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Beef deal with China not all it seems
There’s been so much positivity and expectation around Ireland being allowed into the Chinese beef market. It’s easy to be optimistic given China imported 688,557 tons – more than the equivalent of Irish beef export capacity – of frozen beef in 2017, compared to 60,524 tons in 2012 so obviously there’s a market if you’re […]
China’s leading and longest-established, state-owned fishery company has found itself embroiled in a court case over unpaid loans taken by a prominent government run bank, in the latest twist to an acquisition gone wrong. China National Fishery Co., known for its huge fleet of trawlers and its extensive processing operations, has announced to its shareholders […]
I was interviewed by SABC News to discuss how Chinese long distance fleets are threatening fishing stocks and the livelihoods of local fisherman off the West African coast.