General Council of the World Trade Organization, February 2022: statements by the United Kingdom

Carla Lopez

February 27, 2022

Trade In Services

WTO response to the pandemic Now that we have this date it is important that we focus on how we take this work cheeky. We thought the “Walker Text” – if I can use that term, with all due respect to my colle...

China’s foreign exchange market processed $3.08 trillion in January

Carla Lopez

February 26, 2022

Trade In Services

China's foreign exchange market records $3.08 trillion in transactions in January 2022. /CFP China's foreign exchange market records $3.08 trillion in tr...

China Releases Draft Measures on Data Security in Industry and IT Sectors | Wilmer Hale

Carla Lopez

February 18, 2022

Trade In Services

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (“MIIT”), following the first round of public comments which ended on October 30, 2021, has released a new draft Administrative Security Measures data in the ...

India is set to sign a trade and investment agreement with the United Arab Emirates tomorrow. 5 points

Carla Lopez

February 17, 2022

Trade In Services

India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are all set to sign a trade and investment agreement on Friday at a virtual summit attended by the countries' two leaders, Reuters reported. ...

Kenya launches council to guide trade with UK

Carla Lopez

February 5, 2022

Trade In Services

By LUKE ANAMI Kenya has unveiled the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) Council in a bid to facilitate trade with the UK.The current EPA covers trade in goods and development cooperation.Kenya's pri...

EAC loses $3.4bn from Covid-19 measures as trade shrinks

Carla Lopez

January 19, 2022

Trade In Services

By JAMES ANYANZWA Uganda was the only country in the region to record a 4.6% increase in trade in 2020, a year when average economic growth for the entire East African region fell to 2.3% compared to 5...

UK, Japan envision economic integration through digital trade

Carla Lopez

January 1, 2022

Trade In Services

Japan's $ 490 billion unveiling fiscal stimulus plan in November coincided with the announcement by the UK Department for International Trade of a new export strategy. The aim is to increase exports t...

WTO launches trade information platform for MSMEs

Carla Lopez

December 4, 2021

Trade In Services

Trade4MSMEs Website (Photo courtesy of Ukraine WTO Facebook) ...

EU and WTO members reach major agreement to simplify trade in services – The European Sting – Critical News & Insights on European Politics, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Business & Technology

Carla Lopez

December 2, 2021

Trade In Services

(Credit: Unsplash) This article is presented to you in collaboration with the European Commission. A group of 67 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), including the EU, today concluded nego...

Bangladesh will seek preferential treatment for 6-9 year olds after graduation

Carla Lopez

November 24, 2021

Trade In Services

During the 12th ministerial conference (CM12) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Bangladesh plans to offer continuity of preferential trade treatment for six to nine years after graduation least develop...

APEC 2021: Managing diplomatic toxicity shows why APEC – and its organization by New Zealand – still matters

Carla Lopez

November 20, 2021

Trade In Services

OPINION: The APEC Economic Leaders Online Meeting chaired by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern over the weekend highlights why APEC is still important. In this year's APEC program, New Zealand soug...

WTO on track to conclude trade in services negotiations – Manila Bulletin

Carla Lopez

November 19, 2021

Trade In Services

GENEVA (AFP) - World Trade Organization negotiations on trade facilitation in services are close to reaching a positive conclusion at the WTO ministerial conference starting later this month, annou...

3 Ways To Work For Free Can Be More Empowering Than You Think

Carla Lopez

November 17, 2021

Commercial Invoice

It always starts innocently enough: you buy a new camera and start taking pictures. Then someone you know asks you for a favor and you are only too happy to oblige them with all the photos you can take. Fas...

How ‘Double Eleven’ 20 years ago benefits the world_ 英语 频道 _ 央视 网 (cctv.com)

Carla Lopez

November 11, 2021

Trade In Services

- People who witnessed China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) 20 years ago would never have imagined that today's "Double Eleven" would be a totally different sight...

Comesa’s commercial supply chains remain limited

Carla Lopez

November 7, 2021

Trade In Services

The Chronicle Business journalistTRADE supply chains remain limited in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) region amid renewed calls for countries to ensure full implementation of tra...

Services deficit widened in September: StatsCan

Carla Lopez

November 5, 2021

Trade In Services

Overall, services imports rose 5.6% in the month to $ 11.8 billion, while exports rose 2.7% to $ 11.2 billion. The increase in trade in services came as the economy continued to reopen, allowin...

A holistic approach to data in the digital age – Analysis – Eurasia Review

Carla Lopez

October 30, 2021

Trade In Services

Companies around the world are engaged in a digital data gold rush, exploring the digital economy for our personal data, sifting spots in online pools and streams of our preferences, choices and locations. ...

ASEAN-India Agreement on Trade in Goods

Carla Lopez

October 18, 2021

Trade In Services

The ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (the “Agreement”) is a trade agreement between the ten ASEAN member states and India. ASEAN and India signed the agreement at 7e Con...

#BTColumn – Relationship between the United States and China, neither

Carla Lopez

October 16, 2021

Trade In Services

The views and opinions expressed by the authors do not represent the official position of Barbados TODAY. through Sir Ron Sanders On October 12, more than a dozen representatives in the US Congress sent a lett...

OPINION: Pacific trade bloc is better off without China

Carla Lopez

October 4, 2021

Trade In Services

Breadcrumb Links Chroniclers Author of the article: David Kilgour, David Matas A man takes a call next to a poster that reads "China meets Europe in Florence" at the China Internati...

Economy Coming week: Trade, Services, Employment

Carla Lopez

October 3, 2021

Trade In Services

The port of Bayonne, NJ, in August, as the US trade deficit likely widened. ...

Traditional Chinese medicine is going global

Carla Lopez

October 3, 2021

Trade In Services

BEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) - Pinellia is a common type of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that has been used in the country for centuries, but today the humble plant is preparing to go abroad. The function...

Reforming Trade to Build a Sustainable and Inclusive Global Recovery, Opinion News & Top Stories

Carla Lopez

October 1, 2021

Trade In Services

Trade policy needs urgent updating. The Covid-19 pandemic has deepened inequalities within and between countries. The recent record heat waves are a reminder that we must tackle the climate crisis before it...

AmCham-Jordan welcomes international experts to discuss opportu …

Carla Lopez

September 29, 2021

Trade In Services

(MENAFN- Jordan Times) AMMAN - The American Chamber of Commerce in Jordan (AmCham-Jordan) hosted an online seminar titled “Opportunities in the Service ...

Robot lawyers aren’t the distant future – they’re real and will revolutionize commerce

Carla Lopez

September 29, 2021

Trade In Services

Would you trust artificial intelligence to make your financial decisions? How about conducting legal services? In some areas it can already do this. As AI becomes more advanced and the world beco...

China’s economic power grows dramatically (white paper)

Carla Lopez

September 28, 2021

Trade In Services

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World trade in services on the path to recovery, according to the WTO

Carla Lopez

September 24, 2021

Trade In Services

Onwuamaeze dike The World Trade Organization (WTO) has forecast that the observed recovery in world trade in services could last until the third quarter of 2021. The projection is...

Beijing steps up construction of digital commerce demonstration zone

Carla Lopez

September 22, 2021

Trade In Services

ISLAMABAD: In recent years, Beijing has stepped up efforts to build a digital business demonstration zone, attracting an array of major projects. These included Beijing Interna...

China’s new stock exchange targets small and medium-sized enterprises

Carla Lopez

September 19, 2021

Trade In Services

WASHINGTON - U.S. experts say Beijing's creation of a new exchange for Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMS) is unlikely to increase the capital that companies had planned to list on New York's Na...

InnoCare and Keymed Jointly Announce Clinical Trial Approval for CD20xCD3 CM355 Bispecific Antibody | Antibody

Carla Lopez

September 18, 2021

Trade In Services

InnoCare and Keymed jointly announce the approval of the clinical trial of the bispecific antibody CD20xCD3 CM355 Details Category: ...

Envoy invites more Chinese companies to invest in PH – Manila Bulletin

Carla Lopez

September 18, 2021

Trade In Services

Philippine Ambassador to China Jose Santiago “Chito” Sta. Romana encouraged Chinese companies to continue to seek business opportunities in the Philippines with t...

B’desh inks trade, investment framework with Aus

Carla Lopez

September 16, 2021

Trade In Services

(MENAFN - IANS) Dhaka, Sept 16 (IANS) Bangladesh Trade Minister Tipu Munshi and his Australian Trade, Tourism and Investment counterpart Dan Tehan signed a framework on...

2021 China-Southeast Asia International Trade Digital Fair, Digital Trade Week will be held from 14-16

Carla Lopez

September 12, 2021

Trade In Services

(ProNewsReport Editorial): - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 11, 2021 (Issuewire.com) - KUALA LUMPUR, September 8, the 2021 China-Southeast Asia International Trade Digital Expo organized by the China Counc...

fta: India-UK FTA: not a zero-sum game, but “give and take”

Carla Lopez

September 9, 2021

Trade In Services

India's reluctance to engage in FTAs, on the whole, is due to the high trade deficit with its trading partners after the implementation of ASEAN, South Korea and Japan FTA / CECA. While the legitimacy of thes...

To boost the Armenian economy, economic cooperation with China is a must

Carla Lopez

September 2, 2021

Trade In Services

By Benyamin PoghosyanPresident, Center for Strategic Political and Economic Studies, Yerevan, ArmeniaFile photo: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Beijing on May ...

International trade forgets Trump and strengthens in 2021

Carla Lopez

August 22, 2021

Trade In Services

Amid the economic disruption due to Covid-19, global trade as a whole has held up relatively well in 2020 and strengthened in 2021, according to a report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Developm...

China seeks a policy mix to strengthen economic resilience_ 英语 频道 _ 央视 网 (cctv.com)

Carla Lopez

August 5, 2021

Trade In Services

- Recognizing the challenges at home and abroad, China sought a policy mix that included diversified monetary tools, budget support, and a firm commitment to open up to keep the eco...

ASEAN, EU agree on world’s first block-to-block air transport deal

Carla Lopez

July 15, 2021

Trade In Services

On June 2, 2021, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) concluded the world's first block-to-block air transport agreement through the ASEAN-EU Comprehensive Air Trans...

CECA: Stop the false exasperation, publish more data and start a real debate

Carla Lopez

July 11, 2021

Trade In Services

Finally, the government decided to “debate” the ECSC - after stagnating for a while. Last Tuesday's parliamentary session (June 6) saw two ministers make lengthy statemen...

Bangladesh’s pursuit of FTAs ​​and challenges ahead

Carla Lopez

July 10, 2021

Trade In Services

Mostafa Abid Khan | Posted: July 10, 2021, 7:57 p.m. | Update: July 10, 2021 8:05:51 PM Bangladesh is expected to exit LDC status in 2026. The recommendation made by the United Nations De...

UK and Singapore open digital trade negotiations

Carla Lopez

June 29, 2021

Trade In Services

Tech giant: Singapore hopes a digital economy deal with the UK will help connect its own strong tech sector to that of the UK. Photo by William Cho The UK has become the first European country to start...

Britain launches negotiations with £ 9 trillion Pacific free trade area

Carla Lopez

June 21, 2021

Trade In Services

Joining the CPTPP would connect Britain to some of the world's largest present and future economies, populated by half a billion people and with a joint GDP of £ 9 trillion in 2019 A deal ...

Signs of life for global cooperation outside of COVID-19 – Analysis – Eurasia Review

Carla Lopez

June 13, 2021

Trade In Services

By Shiro Armstrong * The world's major economies came together to put aside differences and coordinate policies to avoid the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. That was in 200...

G7 ‘extra’ guest list reveals UK foreign policy goals – POLITICO

Carla Lopez

June 13, 2021

Trade In Services

Press play to listen to this article FALMOUTH, England - If the G7 summit was a wedding, Boris Johnson's "plus four" guests would be the guests who attended the party on their ...

EU-Kazakhstan high-level trade platform focuses on transition to green and low-carbon technologies

Carla Lopez

June 12, 2021

Trade In Services

NUR-SULTAN (TCA) - The EU-Kazakhstan High Level Dialogue Platform on Economic and Trade Issues (Business Platform) held its 7th meeting in Nur-Sultan on June 11, chaired by Prime Mi...

Pros and cons of China’s effort to join CPTPP and its impacts on Vietnam

Carla Lopez

June 10, 2021

Trade In Services

In the process of globalization, a number of multilateral treaties have emerged, among which, RCEP and CPTPP are counted. This entails many benefits and not less risks for the signatories. It is inevitabl...

State Sovereignty vs. Unification in the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement – A Brief Case Study from Kenya

Carla Lopez

June 9, 2021

Trade In Services

introduction The highly anticipated start of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (the Agreement) on January 1, 2021 marked the start of a stronger and more unified African Union. The Agreement aim...

Department of Statistics: Malaysia’s trade deficit in services hits record RM 47.4 billion in 2020 | Money

Carla Lopez

June 9, 2021

Trade In Services

Chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said travel, Malaysia's mainstay of trade in services throughout this time, faced a difficult situation, which led to the highest deficit in 2020. - Photo H...

Negative lists for trade in services should be ready soon

Carla Lopez

June 5, 2021

Trade In Services

A tourist shop in a duty free shop in Hainan province. China's highly anticipated negative lists for cross-border trade in services are in the works, as t...

Why inflation fears are exaggerated and misplaced

Carla Lopez

June 4, 2021

Trade In Services

Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane added his voice to the growing chorus of warnings about the looming threat of inflation. Citing the risk of what he called a "expensive-salaryâ...

Canada posts first current account surplus in more than a decade

Carla Lopez

May 31, 2021

Trade In Services

Stacks of lumber are seen at the Teal-Jones Group sawmill in Surrey, British Columbia on May 30, 2021. DARRYL DYCK / The Canadian Press Canada posted its first quarterly current account surplus in 13...

Dashboard of the Union for the Mediterranean? – ‘must do better’

Carla Lopez

May 27, 2021

Trade In Services

The strong hold of the virus on our movement and on the economy gave us food for thought. The global fight against Covid-19 has highlighted the limits of the international community's ability to coordinate ...

Trading opportunities available under the RCEP

Carla Lopez

May 26, 2021

Trade In Services

The RCEP agreement creates a free trade agreement between ASEAN and the countries of Asia-Pacific, offering new trade opportunities through tariff reductions, new rules of origin and trade facilitation measu...

5 things to know about the state of the global economy

Carla Lopez

May 23, 2021

Trade In Services

Merchandise trade has already surpassed pre-pandemic levels Is this the year we overcome the global economic crisis caused by the pandemic? Are our jobs at risk? Who has lost the most in the crisis and ...

City leaders worry about hidden costs of trade deals

Carla Lopez

May 22, 2021

Trade In Services

Key leaders in the City of London have expressed concerns about the environmental impact of encouraging trade with distant countries after the UK moved closer to reaching a duty-free deal w...

Australian trio VERSES signs with fair trade services; Leave a new video for “Thank you”

Carla Lopez

May 21, 2021

Trade In Services

Fair Trade Services announces the latest addition to its family of artists - Verses, an Australian pop trio made up of brothers Joel and Luke O'Dea and Luke's wife, Jess. A group that started making music t...

UKIBC welcomes Prime Ministers Johnson, Modi pledge

Carla Lopez

May 5, 2021

Trade In Services

New Delhi , May 5 (ANI / NewsView): The UK India Business Council warmly welcomes the commitment of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, MP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to deepen collaboration between our two ...

A Dark Pandemic Year Could Still Portend a Brighter Future

Carla Lopez

April 13, 2021

Trade In Services

At last, the United States appears to be entering the recovery phase from the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic effects. A national vaccination drive is already significantly reducing mortality. The adminis...

China to further facilitate market access for foreign companies at Hainan free trade port

Carla Lopez

April 12, 2021

Trade In Services

Tourists in Qionghai, Hainan province, April 4 Photo: VCGChina is set to announce soon a series of policy measures for the Hainan Free Trade Port, including a reduced negative list for cross-border trade i...

Foreign workers assigned unsafe housing during contracts at Ontario baby formula plant: documents

Carla Lopez

April 12, 2021

Trade In Services

Workers brought to Canada by a B.C. contractor to work at the Canada Royal Milk plant in Kingston, Ont. lived in overcrowded conditions that violated local fire and building codes until the city'...

US, Venezuela oppose World Trade Organization meeting to review sanctions under Trump

Carla Lopez

April 12, 2021

Trade In Services

Madrid, March 26 (Europe Press) - The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday suspended the meeting of the dispute settlement body after the United States r...

Covid recovery, in Australia and around the world

Carla Lopez

April 11, 2021

Trade In Services

In much of the world, Covid-19 infections continue at a sustained rate, but the global economy is rapidly recovering from last year's crisis. Global trade volumes and industrial production were both higher ...

Policy Brief: Trade and Environment Structured Discussions Among WTO Member Group Get Underway | SDG Knowledge Hub

Carla Lopez

March 11, 2021

Trade In Services

Delegates from the group of World Trade Organization (WTO) members involved in new “structured discussions on trade and environmental sustainability” held their fir...