Outstanding quotes from SPIEF 2019: Forum participants on international relations

The article discusses key issues related to the development of the Caspian region. The main direction of international cooperation in the development of this territory is the intensification of trading activities, which in turn will allow all countries in the region to increase their economic potential. Already today, the Caspian region attracts the attention of investors and in order to further strengthen trade activities, it is necessary to overcome the obstacles that today have a negative impact on the development of cooperation in the Caspian space. Within the framework of a large Eurasian region, the Caspian basin plays a significant role and, in case of successful development of infrastructure in this region, can bring economic benefits to all participants in trading activities.

The report published by Alfa-Bank in collaboration with the international research company MARC offers an index of small business sentiment and assesses the current state of small business in Russia.

The Report was prepared for the Russia House at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos in January 2020. Based on the analysis of foreign sources, the key issues on the agenda of the Meeting are revealed: approaches to overcoming environmental problems and ways of sustainable business transformation.

In this report, the Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA) explains why mutual increase in import tariffs is costly for both China and the US.