Let’s Regain Ag Export Advantages
We sure are a long way from the theory of comparative advantage in trade. Supposing we blame it on coronavirus, Brexit, and trade wars – then what? At GIC, we’re …
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GIC Group Partnering for Summit and Expo in Lusaka, Zambia
For Immediate Release Bethesda, Maryland GIC Group is Partner for Global Expo COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa), to be held in Lusaka, Zambia, September 24-26, 2020. “Ag …
Phase I of the Trade Agreement
So much for the price boost with Phase I of the trade agreement. Okay, 2019-nCoV has clobbered expectations. But maybe there’s a realization that closing the door for too long …
See Reuters on Ag to China
“The devil is in the details!” See Reuters story on China’s purchase commitments of US ag products: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture/chinas-market-condition-caveat-on-u-s-ag-purchases-adds-to-trade-deal-doubts-idUSKBN1ZE2QE
New Futures Contracts for Ag
All eyes are on Australia ravaged by fires due to drought – but other threats abound. Ag can lead the way out of this vortex, by cutting back and storing …
China-US Trade Deal, USMCA in the News
A blitz of news this week—China-US trade deal/Phase I signed; USMCA passed and yet corn, wheat, soybean, cattle, and hog futures prices all down today. Why? Maybe the deals alone aren’t …
GIC is Partner for GEC 2020 in Lusaka
GIC named Partner with lead responsibilities in ag, focusing on tech, climate change, food safety & security and foreign investment for GEC (Global Expo Comesa) 2020. This year’s GEC, with …
2020 Starts with a Bang
Year 2020 has literally started with a bang – the dimming prospect of a return to normal for US exports to China and now convulsions in the Middle East, a …
Gilmore Joins Board of Investment Circle, Switzerland
Rick Gilmore, President/ CEO of GIC Trade, Inc., dba GIC Group, has been named a Strategic Board member of Investment Circle, Switzerland (icircle.ch ). I Circle is an investment group …
GIC’s Commodity Plus Carbon
As COP 25 opens today, the goal of 1.5 c reduction seems more elusive than ever. GHG levels are worrisomely short of targets but country and private sector commitment high. …
