Tuesday 8 May 2018

The Eurasian Landbridge: Linking regional value chains

a column by Richard Pomfret for VOX: CEPR’s Policy Portal



A dramatic development in the 2010s has been establishment of overland rail freight services between the EU and East Asia. This column, the first in a two-part series, look at the catalyst for the Eurasian Landbridge rail services and it's impact on trade costs. While traffic on the Landbridge is still small compared to China-EU maritime trade, there is potential for further service improvement with implications for global value chains across Eurasia.

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