Lars Karlsson: CapacityNow

I am spending s few days in Stockholm for meetings. It is always a pleasure to visit out capital and one of my old ‘home towns’.

I have worked here eleven pears in the past. 

I really like this city, one of my favourites in the world. And I have a lot of friends here. Two days of meetings, meetings, meetings. Very good meetings. 

Soon. New adventures. 

Swedish engineering skills are involved in building the new Chinese electric car company Next EV, which aims to become China’s response to Tesla.

“It’s fascinating on-line Internet technology thinking all theough the company that makes this journey so exiting” says product manager Roger Malkusson to Swedish media. 

The next EV’s super sports car, Nine EP9, demonstrates the company’s vision and technical ability, according to company founder William Li, inspired by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The car delivers 1 MW, which according to the company can be equated with 1360 horsepower. 

Next year the Next EV being the first car out on the market in China.

Gabon and the Kyrgyz Republic have ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), putting the total number of ratifications from members at 102. Only 8 more ratifications are needed to bring the TFA into force.

We are close now! This is the biggest change of trade in decades and the potential is huge. A game changer. 

In addition to Gabon and the Kyrgyz Republic, the following WTO members have also accepted the TFA: Hong Kong China, Singapore, the United States, Mauritius, Malaysia, Japan, Australia, Botswana, Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Korea, Nicaragua, Niger, Belize, Switzerland, Chinese Taipei, China, Liechtenstein, Lao PDR, New Zealand, Togo, Thailand, the European Union (on behalf of its 28 member states), the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Pakistan, Panama, Guyana, Côte d’Ivoire, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Kenya, Myanmar, Norway, Viet Nam, Brunei, Ukraine, Zambia, Lesotho, Georgia, Seychelles, Jamaica, Mali, Cambodia, Paraguay, Turkey, Brazil, Macao China, the United Arab Emirates, Samoa, India, the Russian Federation, Montenegro, Albania, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, Madagascar, the Republic of Moldova, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Iceland, Chile, Swaziland, Dominica and Mongolia.