Throughout Asia, the economic recovery from the crises has gained momentum. Unfortunately, the business sector in the region will remain very vulnerable to outside influences for several years to come. This vulnerability is mainly due to the inability of corporations to fully restructure their liabilities and, more importantly, to the unchanged situation of the fragile financial infrastructures in almost every Asian country.
For companies engaged in the production and trade of commodities, this means, despite recovery, continuing hardship to maintain or regain an acceptable and efficient business volume. It is evident throughout the world when a contemplated trade transaction involves a region with an underdeveloped or destabilized financial system, be it on a...
