China’s first “economic belt and maritime silk road” (BAR) forum finished with a communique committing to increased trade. That should help initiatives like the RCEP trade deal, although the two only partially overlap. Panjiva analysis of the top 500 export lines to BAR “members” vs. non-members shows the export opportunity for China will need economic development and not just tariff reductions. The areas where there is the most potential (proportion of exports to non-members vs. members) lie in computers (4%), mobile phones (4%) and games (1%). Meanwhile there are other sectors such as ...