MEMO: Vladivostok Economic Forum as a pillar of Asian economic growth

The Far Eastern Federal District is a unit of the Russian Federation governed by a local plenipotentiary president (Yuri Trutnev) and has as its strategic goal the realization of economic integration within the Asia-Pacific development axis.

Every year, the Far Eastern Economic Forum is held by the RosCongress Foundation , trying to attract more investment, government agencies, the third sector, universities and financial operators (non-dollarized) in order to make the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula one of the active points of the tri-border of Russia, China and North Korea.

The People’s Republic of China is building a mega-hub in the port city of Dalian (in the province of Liaoning, whose capital is Shenyang).

This port base is a complement to the port of Tianjin (which serves almost exclusively the economic circuit of Beijing, the country’s capital) and operates as a direct competitor to the Japanese port of Yokohama.

The growth of northeast China is dizzying and it can be said that it is the dynamic center of the economy of the Pacific coast at the moment.

It is no coincidence that Russia is trying in every way to integrate itself economically into these circuits and to have its navy operate as a containment force for the merchant fleet on the North Pacific and pre-Arctic routes.

The Eastern Economic Forum and the Special Socio-Economic Advanced Zones

One of the factors that increase the importance of the Vladivostok Forum is the spread of Russia’s Advanced Special Socioeconomic Zones (ASEZ).

The goal is to develop Siberia, the Arctic Zone (AZRF), Russky Island (SAR) and the twenty-two ASEZ-status localities within the Russian Far Eastern Special District.

The District has a population of 8.1 million and is served by a series of special policies aimed at industrial production and integration with the Pacific economy.

Russia aims to attract foreign direct investment (without the use of the dollar, considering the blockades and sanctions imposed by Washington) and has a specific policy for the Arctic and the Far East.

One of the showcases for attracting investors in order to form fixed capital is the Forum.

The definition of the event brings with it the strategic concept: “The Forum’s events will be held in the form of panels, round tables, televised debates, business breakfasts and business dialogues focusing on Russia’s relations with different countries… The Forum’s business program includes business dialogues with key partner countries in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as with ASEAN, a key integration organization for the rapidly developing countries of Southeast Asia”.

The main thematic axes are: The Russian Far East; New Contours of International Cooperation; Technologies to Guarantee Independence; Transport and Logistics: New Routes; Financial Value System and Master Plans: From Architecture to Economy.

The event program is quite comprehensive, although focused on the economic development of the Far Eastern Special District.

In addition to this central theme, we highlight the following elements: “Risk and Uncertainty in a Multipolar World: Solutions and Tools; Expanded BRICS: New Components of Global Stability; Center for Science and Technology Transfer of Asia-Pacific Countries; Russia – ASEAN; Digital Security and Corporate Responsibility; Cooperation between Russian and International Industrial Parks: Creation of a New Continuous Space for Technological Partnerships; Tools of Sovereign Development Amidst the Destabilization of the World Order; Bioeconomy of Russia: Development Trajectories; Cooperation in Greater Eurasia: Experience of Production Chain Development in the EAEU (Eurasian Community), SCO and BRICS”.

Brazil, Latin America and the Asian economy

I have been writing regularly for this portal for five years now, often addressing both the growth of the Russian economy and Eurasian and intra-Asian integration.

The relevance to the global economy is far removed from the media coverage of Brazil and other Latin American countries.

We are (Brazil) the 8th largest economy in the world, and our main partnership with China is still under the financial control of national companies and Eurocentric countries (the US and Europe), burdening the Union’s budget (with the rollover of public debt securities backed by the National Treasury) and draining energy from the national GDP.

In this sense, any shift in attention and creation of positive expectations in the field of production is a good thing, to counterbalance the influence that (pro-Zionist) usury has on the country.

The Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok (from September 3 to 6 this year) should see an increase in the participation of delegations and companies from Latin American countries in the event, starting with Brazil.

Our country can play a prominent role in this effort against Western hegemony, considering its position as a leader on the continent, in addition to being a founding member of BRICS.

As part of Brazil’s New Industrialization effort, cooperation with Russia can be bilateral (between both countries), seeking to incorporate technology, scientific development and also the possible resumption of the Brazilian arms industry.

The Forum can also be an opportunity to expand Latin American participation in the new economic arrangement beyond the BRICS, such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Eurasian Economic Community and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

The tendency is to achieve – through these unions between countries – an economic competition aimed at countering Western hegemony (in particular the USA and other Anglo-Saxon allies), with the aim of achieving a greater degree of balance and compensation in international trade.

Obviously, no movement towards rapprochement – ​​or any movement that deepens relations with the Asian industrial economic axis – will occur on our continent without a reaction from the United States.

The most recent example is the mega Sino-Peruvian port of Chancay (due to open in November of this year), a Chinese investment of USD 3.5 billion and aimed at the South Pacific hub.

The Peruvian Public Prosecutor’s Office and Congress have made several moves to halt this project and are still trying to intervene.

The influence of the liaison and intelligence officers at the US Embassy in Lima (the Peruvian capital) is evident, as is the eternal threat of the return of Fujimorism (since the heiress of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, Keiko Fujimori, is married to an American money launderer).

The minds still thinking about the development of Brazilian and Latin American capitalism have already understood that it is inevitable to adjust the logistics routes from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast.

In this sense, the position of countries such as Chile, Peru and Colombia are already suitable for adjustment.

Brazil, precisely because of its position as the economic leader in Latin America, seeks to adjust its routes by reversing the path of commodity exports.

Both our country (Brazil) and Mexico, despite being medium-sized powers in the economic plan, lack internal strategic coordination, and are always under threat of destabilization through the long tentacles of the State Department of the Empire.

It is worth noting that the size of our economy must be proportional to our vigilance against threats from the United States, the Anglo-Saxon countries and the Zionist State, the hard core of Western imperialism.

In this sense, the Vladivostok event is yet another important opportunity to expand the Brazilian and Latin American economic presence in the Asia-Pacific axis.

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