MENA’s Innovation Breakout: Reading the Global Innovation Index 2026 from the Asia–MENA Corridor
By the GCCVest Team — GCCVest Insights Series Summary generated with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) — the United Nations agency for intellectual property — has just published the Global Innovation Index 2026 (GII 2026) — the world’s most-watched scorecard of national innovation performance, ranking some 130 economies […]
Building Deeper Roots: How Chinese Enterprises Can Localize, Scale, and Build Resilience in the Middle East
By Ben Jelloun, Founder & Managing Partner — GCCVest Insights Series A recent interview caught our team’s attention: “Chinese Companies Look to Stay in Europe — With Compliance at the Core,” published by the Center for China and Globalization’s The East is Read newsletter, featuring Liu Jiandong, Chairman of the China Chamber of Commerce to […]
Navigating the New Trade Order: How MENA is Emerging as a Tariff-Resilient Hub in Trump’s Global Trade Shift
The world has entered a new era of trade volatility, driven by President Trump’s new tariff policies that have upended decades of globalization. With sweeping measures—including a 10% universal import duty, reciprocal tariffs targeting over 60 nations, and sector-specific levies on autos, steel, and semiconductors—the U.S. is reshaping global supply chains. While traditional manufacturing powerhouses […]
Why GCC Investors Are Under-invested in China?
In the Middle East, most students learn at an early age about the Silk Road through the stories of Ibn Battuta, one of history’s most prolific travelers. Ibn Battuta was a Moroccan explorer who arrived in China more than 800 years ago – before the collapse of the Mongols and way before even Marco Polo […]