Reflections on COP24
11 Dec 18 BlogThe 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (COP24) is currently taking place in Katowice, Poland from 2-14 December 2018. COP24 is hosted ...
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The Buenos Aires G20 Meeting: Has Rules-based global Trade survived?
11 Dec 18 BlogThe communiqué issued at the end of the Group of 20 meeting in Buenos Aires recently (30 November and 1 December 2018) reads like the to-do list for the world’s leading countrie...
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Growth of global goods exports to reach 10.4% in 2018
06 Dec 18 NewsNewly released UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2018 offers up-to-date, reliable trade figures in an era of uncertainty.
Global merchandise exports could grow by 10.4% this year, hit...
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Success and challenges in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Middle Income Countries
04 Dec 18 NewsHigh level meeting on middle income countries
Remarks delivered by Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the UNDP Bureau for Policy and P...
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ICC: Tax policy for the digital economy
04 Dec 18 NewsIn an era of unprecedented digital transformation, taxation of the digitalised economy is a leading topic on the global tax agenda
Proposals at regional and national level have en...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection
03 Dec 18 NewsAfrican trade events to diarise: African Ministers of Trade meeting (12-13 December, Cairo); 1st SADCSTAN workshop to adopt Harmonised Transport Standards (10-14 December, South Af...
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G20 Leaders’ Declaration: Building consensus for fair and sustainable development
03 Dec 18 NewsThe G20 Leaders’ Summit concluded on 1 December 2018 in Buenos Aires with a press conference given by Argentine President Mauricio Macri. After two days of wo...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection
28 Nov 18 NewsTomorrow, in Addis Ababa: 6th African Union Commission-United States High Level Dialogue. Amb. Kwesi Quartey (AUC Deputy Chairperson) and Tibor Peter Nagy (US Assistant Secretary o...
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The landscape for institutional investing in 2018: Perspectives of institutional investors
28 Nov 18 NewsThe 2018 Argentina G20 Presidency requested the World Bank to organize a high-level G20 Investor Forum focused on institutional investors (pension funds, insurance companies, sover...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection
27 Nov 18 NewsDiarise: Role of capital markets in mobilizing domestic resources in Africa – a capacity building workshop (5-7 December, Gaborone). Download the concept note (pdf)
Featured com...
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ECA chief pledges continued support for Africa’s blue economy
27 Nov 18 NewsIn her remarks during the Leaders’ Commitment Segment of the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference on 26 November in Nairobi, Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commi...
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WTO report shows sharp rise in trade-restrictive measures from G20 economies
22 Nov 18 NewsThe WTO’s 20th monitoring report on Group of 20 (G20) trade measures issued on 22 November shows that the amount of trade covered by new import-restrictive measures hit a new hig...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection
20 Nov 18 NewsThe South Africa-Zimbabwe bilateral free trade agreement terminates today. What does this mean for the future of their bilateral trade relationship? A tralacBlog by Elisha Tsh...
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Billions more people must benefit from trade gains, experts say
20 Nov 18 NewsA global system that leaves the top 1% as rich as the bottom 56% is overdue for reform, with women’s economic exclusion among the highest priorities.
While some countries and so...
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African Responses to Global Crises
18 Nov 18 BlogHow do African governments and Africa collectively respond to the crisis in the global trading system? Are joint policies being developed? By whom? How will such a process be coord...
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From unemployment to growing cyber-risk: business executives in different regions have different worries
13 Nov 18 NewsThere are significant differences in risk perceptions across the eight regions covered in the World Economic Forum’s Regional Risks for Doing Business report.
Over 12,...
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Debt sustainability in developing countries is deteriorating fast
08 Nov 18 NewsUrgent talks on a looming global debt crisis take place in Geneva at the second session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development on 7-9 November 2018....
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Doing Business Report: New record set as 314 reforms introduced to improve business climate around the world
31 Oct 18 NewsGovernments around the world set a new record in bureaucracy busting efforts for the domestic private sector, implementing 314 business reforms over the past year, says the World B...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection
24 Oct 18 NewsFeatured trade policy tweets
(i) @AdanMohamedCS: President Kenyatta has commissioned the Cabinet Subcommittee for EAC issues, comprising of myself and colleagues from Treasury, Fo...
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Globalization backlash is clear but leaders say cooperation is key
24 Oct 18 NewsAt World Investment Forum, four presidents, two prime ministers and four corporate leaders are downcast at splintering global scene but remain bullish about investment.
The intern...
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