The New Path Of Trade Between Asia & Europe

It's all about globalization.The iron law of globalization is very simple: If you think it is all good, or you think it is all bad, you don't get it. Globalization has empowering and disempowering, homogenizing and particularizing, democratizing and authoritarian tendencies all built into it. One should have no doubt - I certainly don't - that the flat world empowers the forces of darkness as well as the forces of light.To strengthen the 'forces of light' through installing relationships between individuals and nations, between people of different cultures... helping to create stability and wealth through understanding and exchange of knowledge and goods ... is the aim of this paper.The story of the world's oldest and historically most important trade route, the Silk Road, is an example for early successful trade to be transmitted in our century.In former times, The Silk Road, or Silk Route, consisted of several routes for trade and cultural exchange that were most important for cultural interaction between the Asian continent and Europe by linking traders, merchants, pilgrims, soldiers, nomads and urban dwellers from China to the Mediterranean Sea during various periods of time. The trade route was initiated around 114 B.C. by the Han Dynasty, although earlier trade across the continents had already existed.This time and a lot of more centuries China was the Center of the World.Connecting Chang'an (today's Xi'an) in China, with Asia Minor and the Mediterranean, extending over 8,000 km (5,000 miles) on land and sea, trade on the Silk Road was a significant factor in the development of the great civilizations of China, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, Indian subcontinent, and Rome, and helped to lay the foundations for the modern world.3The same in our days, Global Sourcing and International Trade are very important for companies and nations.These days it's difficult and expensive for a lot of Asian Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME's) to go abroad while having no direct experience in the countries to be served. Therefore they often use Trade Agents or exhibiting their goods at Canton Trade Fair with high costs and small margins.On the other hand, European Wholesaler often only use twice a year the opportunity to buy consumer goods at the Chinese Import and Export Commodities Fair in Canton. Or they often use own Trade Scouts or Trade Agents to buy Chinese Goods investing a lot of time and money sourcing and travelling around.To install "whole-year-meeting-points" for Wholesalers at Central Locations in the related regions and to establish a permanent Quality Control for the traded goods, is a concept worthwhile to be examined.Small cost saving booths for the exhibiting companies and convenient traffic connections for the wholesalers to the Centers from all over the served regions are important points to be competitive in a fast running time.Central Trade Platforms strengthen the Exchange of goods.Establishing these Trade Platforms in three major regions of the world is called a "MAGIC Trade and Exhibition TRIANGLE" that means three parts of the world: Europe, the Far East and the Middle East to be involved.The MAGIC TRIANGLE consists of worldwide relationships in the field of "TRADE" and "EXHIBITIONS", based on special themes and contents -like QUALITY and BRANDING-, related to the future planning of a world of partners that will be more than a world of nations. Highlights that can improve the handling of relationships between nations to transform them to long-lasting partnerships with global responsibility to serve their own people.Based on the examination of nations, economies, traditions and trade histories - symbolized by a GATE that is open for entrances from both sides - the research is about existing and new to establish "WORLD WIDE GATES" at Central Locations.In this context two elements are representing Central Places in Europe:First part is GTA Gate-to-Asia-Project in Duisburg, Germany, with main aspects permanent exhibition, only for wholesalers and adding Quality Assurance to the suppliers. The GTA Quality Package is the Heart of the GTA-Concept.Duisburg is located in the Rhine-Ruhr-Area, Europe's largest continuous economic Region, central located to serve all Europe, especially Western Europe.AsiaCenter in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, is existing example to serve all Eastern Europe.GMP Global Market Place in Tianjin, P.R.C., is (Far East) Asian counterpart-project with unique combination of traditional exhibition and permanent showcase-exhibition. Tianjin is one of the four municipalities of China that are directly under the central government, nearby Beijing. Located in the prospering Bohai Region, it's an ideal location to serve all China and the whole Far East.Half the way between China and Europe, the third element of The MAGIC TRIANGLE is existing Dragon Complex in booming Dubai, Middle East.Dubai is central in the Gulf Region, ideal located as a transportation and trade hub in the Middle East.Therefore the choice of the listed Trade Center Locations is worthwhile becoming modem TRADE HUBS along the New Silk Road, the New Path of Trade from China via Dubai to Europe.In addition, the Quality-Concept will help companies to serve the markets for a long time in a satisfying and highly profitable way.Chinese SME's will profit most.Goal is worldwide cooperation to generate wealth, trust, stability, respect, friendship and peace.Nevertheless we are living in a globalized world, my major topic I learned from my Chinese friends is: Think global - act local."Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together." John Ruskin...