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Let me start this episode by crossing a bit of pop-culture with high geostrategy! At the turn of the century (and millennium), there was a film ...

The head of the World Trade Organization has called on member states to move quickly to implement the recent WTO agreement limiting harmful fisheries subsidies. WTO ...

Frank Matsaert, CEO of TradeMark East Africa. After a decade of working to alleviate trade bottlenecks in the region, Frank Matsaert is stepping down as Managing ...

Everyone’s health is being sacrificed for the profits of Big Pharma and the stinging sanctions of rich countries. Meanwhile, other countries are able to meet global ...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) may soon rule on two cases brought against the European Union over its decision to phase out the import of unsustainable ...

The process of structural transformation in the now industrialized economies was generally linear, moving first from agriculture to manufacturing and then from manufacturing to modern knowledge-intensive ...

Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati delivers a speech during the opening of the Group of 20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Nusa ...

– Advertising – Are we really getting over it? Global economic growth prospects have been affected by Russia-Ukraine conflict global production is expected to grow at ...

The White House Biden has signaled that the president could lift many, if not all, of the tariffs imposed on China by former President Donald Trump. ...

Globalization previously allowed major central banks to seek and maintain low inflation. De-globalization risks having the opposite effect, and if this process continues unchecked, monetary policy ...

On July 1, the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) stepped back on the brink of a trade war. You read correctly. The The ...

NEW DELHI : On Thursday, the government made it mandatory for exporters of wheat flour and related products such as semolina, whole atta and resulting atta ...

An informal virtual briefing on the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) provided an overview of the themes and challenges of the July session. ...

Mon Jul 4, 2022 12:00 AM Last updated on: Mon Jul 4, 2022 12:22 AM Visual: Salman Sakib Shahryar “> Visual: Salman Sakib Shahryar The Bangladesh ...

A dozen U.S. lawmakers have written a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to file a formal request for consultations with India at the World ...

Take a look at the essential concepts, terms and phenomena of the static and current parts of the UPSC-CSE. Also check the answers to the previous ...

China’s Ministry of Commerce is circulating an explanation of the World Trade Organization agreement limiting harmful fisheries subsidies. The circular issued by China’s Ministry of Commerce, ...

Manila is optimistic that members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) will reach a consensual agreement on key agricultural issues, such as public stockholding and the ...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) reached a package of deals after a six-day marathon of negotiations last week at its twelfth ministerial conference (MC12). In general, ...

A health worker prepares a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Bangkok, Thailand, April 4, 2022. Photo: Xinhua China contributed to a number of important achievements ...

(Bloomberg) – As a red sun rose over Lake Geneva on Friday morning, exhausted trade officials around the world celebrated that for the first time in ...

GENEVA (AP) — After overnight talks, members of the World Trade Organization on Friday morning reached a series of agreements and commitments aimed at protecting marine ...

Photo: Xinhua The Chinese island of Taiwan and Lithuania staged a political farce at the crucial World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting. Authorities in the Chinese ...

Taipei, June 14 (CNA) Taiwan’s chief trade negotiator John Deng (鄧振中) and Lithuanian Deputy Foreign Minister Raimundas Karoblis agreed on the need to jointly resist Chinese ...

Ahead of the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva, the Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) on Sunday called on the head of the world body, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, ...

Ahead of the World Trade Organization (WTO) summit, India hopes for positive action on the TRIPS waiver as well as a more rational view on fisheries. ...

The U.S. trade deficit shrank in April by the largest on record, in dollar terms. This reflects both a decline in the value of imports amid ...

In mid-June, the The World Trade Organization (WTO) will meet complete negotiations to waive certain sections of the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement. However, it ...

Developing countries, including India, have fought for policy space to impose tariffs on electronic transmissions TopicsWorld Trade Organization | WTO India may not create ...

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is hosting its second Trade and Sustainability Hub this month alongside the Twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the World ...

The Philippine Senate will soon resume deliberations on the regional comprehensive economic partnership. RCEP is a trade agreement between the Philippines and other members of the ...

Earlier this month, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian Nichols gave an interview to Colombian station NTN24. When asked if the United States, ...

Cambodia is expected to attract more new foreign direct investment after the entry into force of the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement and the Cambodia-Republic of Korea ...

At a workshop organized by the country, the WTO and the International Finance Corporation, Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala welcomed the initiative of the corporate sector and ...

Most European countries have now lifted Covid-19 restrictions, but the pandemic is far from over. China still imposes strict lockdowns in cities like Shanghai [picture] as ...

“There are a handful of climate topics that offer real opportunity for productive bipartisan conversation. And this is one of them,” said Nat Keohane, president of ...

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Posted: Posted Date – 11:59 PM, Sun – 15 May 22 The Centre’s sudden decision to ban the export of wheat reflects a knee-jerk reaction and ...

Photo: Collected Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for reforming the World Health Organization and streamlining its approval process for vaccines and therapeutics, and came ...

With genomic surveillance playing a crucial role in tracking new variants of novel coronavirus concerns, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Thursday that India’s genomic sequencing ...

Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have said that the outcome document resulting from the informal process with the Quad (European Union, India, South Africa ...

There is still a long way to go before South Africa and other developing countries can manufacture Covid vaccines and treatments quickly and without paying the ...

According to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in charge of economic diplomacy affairs, economic and international experts from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will participate ...

USD/INR extends Thursday’s rally to break through the weekly resistance line. USD regains bullish momentum as inflation woes return to the table, raising doubts over the ...

World Trade Organization Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been working for months to broker a compromise between the United States, European Union, India and South Africa. ...

As more and more organizations develop and implement artificial intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning (ML), questions about the reliability of the results are increasing. Some high-profile ...

In a speech last week, Janet L. Yellen, the Treasury Secretary, said the pandemic and war had revealed that US supply chains, while efficient, were neither ...

WTO asks Turkey to comply with trade rules Ankara will use a rare appeal method in the event of a dispute The appeal chamber of the ...

The crisis created by the Russian-Ukrainian war has disrupted the world’s wheat supply, providing India with an opportunity to increase its wheat exports to meet world ...

Fiji and the Pacific have voices that need to be heard when it comes to fisheries. And Trade and Tourism Minister Faiyaz Koya said that was ...

International trade is becoming increasingly complex. Countries are more frequently using technical barriers to trade (TBT) to control products entering their markets. In 1995, the World ...

Dr. Reinhold Kugel, Head of Product Safety and Quality Assurance at BarthHaas and Plant Protection Representative of the German Hop Industry Association (DHWV). Photo via BarthHaas ...

Bangladesh has not yet made any significant progress in its preparation to maintain the tariff preference which will be removed once it leaves the group of ...

Joint Statement: World Bank Group, IMF, WFP and WTO Leaders Call for Urgent Coordinated Action on Food Security ...

As reported in BakerHosteler’s Alert on March 14, 2022, last month, President Biden announced that the United States intends to revoke Russia’s Most Favored Nation (MFN) ...

The goal of developing a sustainable food system aims to create a world without hunger Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s G20 presidency in 2022 is an important ...

Dear Capitolists, This week, we’ll skip straight to Part 2 of my thoughts on the grand narrative of “de-globalization” sweeping the (um) planet. You can read ...

Europe is loaded for the bear. Last August, Brussels drafted what it calls an “anti-coercion instrument” (ICA). It’s a regulation motivated by Europe’s belief that trade ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is expected to take center stage at a high-level virtual meeting between European and Chinese leaders on Friday, following months of strained ...

On February 16, 2022, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released its 2021 Report to Congress on China’s WTO Compliance. This is the ...

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The first meeting of the G20 Trade, Industry and Investment Working Group (TIIWG) will seek to urge member countries, including the United States, ...

The Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University reports that as of March 11, 2022, there have been 453,387,068 cases and 6,028,428 deaths ...

With the help of Doug Palmer, Ximena Bustillo and Sarah Anne Aarup — National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan meets with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi today ...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! More than a third of Vladimir Putin’s budget comes from the sale of Russian oil and natural gas. ...

Friday, President BidenJoe BidenBiden expected to call for end of normal trade relations with Russia Senate avoids shutdown, spends 0.6 billion in Ukraine and GOP senators ...

The greatest challenges facing humanity require countries to work together. At the Marseille Conference on March 8, Europe explored the way forward for international collaboration in ...

The mayor of the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv said on Monday that Russian forces were withdrawing after what he described as an attempted attack on ...

It’s not often that conservative U.S. Representatives Cliff Bentz of Oregon and Doug LaMalfa of California agree with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But the two Republican ...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada Chrystia Freeland speaks during a press conference on the situation in Ukraine with Prime Minister of Canada ...

Workers load goods onto a flight to Milan, Italy at Yantai International Airport in Shandong province. [Photo by Tang Ke/For China Daily] China’s development offers an ...

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Senior officials from 21 member economies have advanced APEC’s work to reinvigorate regional economic integration, reconnect the region and ensure the sustainability of ...

Asjadul Kibria | Published: February 26, 2022 9:09:26 PM World trade has finally returned to pre-pandemic levels. The estimated value of global trade in goods and ...

As Australians are struggling to gain access to rapid antigen tests (RATs) and third booster shots for the Omicron strain, spare a thought for millions of ...

the Trade Information Portal of Pakistan (TIPP) is the one stop shop for all import and export related information. The TIPP is hosted by Pakistan Single ...

WTO Fisheries Committee to end subsidies: agreement to finalize negotiations as soon as possible Saturday, February 19, 2022 – 09:22 UTC Ambassador Santiago Wills ...

(NAFB) – China has failed to meet Phase One Agreement commitments to buy American goods and services, including agricultural products. The Office of the U.S. Trade ...

According to the criteria of Know more The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) announced today that Indecopi will complete the investigation into the application ...

Even after visiting the first pioneering Covid vaccine development project in South Africa, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus still believes that big international ...

The recent budget mentions the replacement of the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Act with new “legislation that will enable states to become partners in the ‘development ...

Farmers, fishermen and agriculture stakeholders are calling for the postponement of Senate ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). This is to partially implement damage ...

The following is the first summary of the main stories released by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday. —————–(LEAD) New COVID-19 cases hit record high of nearly ...

The Chinese government has not said anything about the reason for the suspension of chicken meat imports from 2 Brazilian processing plants, namely Bello Alimentos, in ...

The good news is that the United States is negotiating with several trading partners to end national security tariffs on steel and aluminum. The bad news ...

The Nebraska Farm Bureau has identified three business priorities for the Biden administration after a year of little movement on the subject. As the majority of ...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Trade in Services entered into force on January 13, SADC Executive Secretary Elias Magosi recently announced. Namibia and ...

Here is a summary of current scientific news. Easier-to-produce COVID vaccine shows promise in trials; Nasal spray vaccine booster works in mice Here is a summary ...

Despite its dramatic economic growth, infrastructure development and status as the world’s second-largest economy in the 21st century, China, the world’s largest consumer of energy and ...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein repeatedly defended the public image of China’s ruling Communist Party while her husband ...

The 2020 report shows the value of Nebraska’s agricultural exports at $7.1 billion in 2020. Nebraska remained the fifth-largest agricultural exporting state in 2020, with Nebraska ...

On Friday, on the final day of the World Economic Forum, two of the world’s most important economic figures shared their views on inflation. “We are ...

Jenner & Block’s head of international arbitration in New York has joined Arnold & Porter,… Jenner & Block’s head of international arbitration in New York has ...

New Delhi: Strategic and trade relations between India and the UK have been enhanced with the recent Free Trade Agreement (FTA) enacted between the two countries, ...

With 1.4 billion consumers, China is a place of abundant potential. China is also ruled by the Chinese Communist Party, a longtime belligerent that enslaves its ...

KANSAS CITY – The National Wheat Growers Association said Jan. 13 it supports a letter written by 28 members of the U.S. House of Representatives seeking ...

By Jennifer Doherty (Jan. 12, 2022, 4:17 p.m. EST) – India has filed an appeal with the World Trade Organization over a ruling finding that certain ...

China’s status as a “developing country” at the World Trade Organization (WTO) has become a controversial issue, with a number of countries worrying that the upper-middle-income ...

China has tightened import rules after discovering the virus that causes COVID-19 on fruit packaging from Vietnam and Thailand. At least nine Chinese cities have recorded ...

France, one of the EU’s agricultural powers, made it a priority during its recently inaugurated EU presidency to ensure that imported agricultural products meet the same ...

The Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP is the former Secretary of Defense and International Trade. He was the UK candidate for Director General of the ...

They will also talk about the proposed patent waiver. Our Office, PTI | New Delhi | Posted 03.01.22, 15:19 India has called for an emergency meeting ...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) celebrates its first anniversary on January 1, 2022. With the exception of Eritrea, all African countries are signatories to ...

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There was talk of expanding the Caribbean Basin Initiative to include trade in services, so that more CARICOM nationals work in the United States on a ...

In order to protect local manufacturers from cheap imports from the neighboring country, India imposed anti-dumping duties on five Chinese products, including some aluminum items and ...

In 1998, the South African Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association joined forces with 39 drug companies to sue Nelson Mandela’s government for suspending international trade agreements that protected ...

With the end of the first calendar year of the Biden administration, efforts to curb China’s pernicious behavior have borne little fruit. In recent months, the ...

The federal government is launching a challenge under the new NAFTA agreement against US tariffs on softwood lumber, said International Trade Minister Mary Ng. Minister Mary ...

A vial of the COVID-19 vaccine is ready for administration at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., December 21, 2020. Photo by Navy DOD ...

The appointment by the CARIBBEAN Community (CARICOM) this week of respected diplomats Wayne McCook and Donna Forde, respectively heads of trade and foreign policy, signals, the ...