Eric Jackson previews the latest issue of Global Trader

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Post date: Wednesday, 1st February 2012

The government and UK Trade and Investment have rightly targeted the high-growth markets of the world in an effort to boost our exports and cut the deficit.

But within that key grouping, they have specifically identified 12 countries – the golden dozen – from the Asia-Pacific region.

In this issue we look at how Asia-Pacific is not only fuelling its own growth, but how it can help propel Great Britain plc towards healthy growth again.

As Antony Phillipson, our man in Singapore, says: “Developing our trading relationship with the growth markets of the world economy, particularly in Asia, will be absolutely crucial.”

While the West still struggles, Asia- Pacific is flourishing like never before. In China, for instance, the CIC is now so strong it is in a position to offer support for infrastructure improvements in the UK, the Renminbi currency is on its way to being the world’s largest and the regional cities are growing at an astonishing rate.

Meanwhile in Malaysia, British companies such as Dyson and the Pinewood film studios are just the tip of an investment iceberg in the country, and the annual Grand Prix is now an established classic.

In South Korea, luxury goods manufacturers have discovered that it’s the perfect gateway into the whole region as the demand for such products soars.

Nowhere on earth compares to Asia- Pacific at the moment. The challenge for us is how to embrace it and prosper too.

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