Tag: Global economy
Global Future Council on International Trade and Investment: Strategic brief for trade ministers on creating an inclusive trade agenda
08 Dec 17 NewsIn July 2017, acknowledging the ongoing backlash surrounding the legitimacy of globalization, the Global Future Council on International Trade and Investment outlined for G20 leade...
May has got her Brexit breakthrough, now for the hard part
08 Dec 17 NewsThe U.K. and the European Union struck a deal to unlock divorce negotiations, opening the way for talks on what businesses are keenest to nail down – the nature of the post-...
Trade and Development in Numbers: Handbook offers crucial economic data for global decision-makers
07 Dec 17 NewsUNCTAD has launched its annual Handbook of Statistics in a new, user-friendly format to celebrate its fiftieth year of publication. The 2017 edition has been overhauled e...
Group of WTO Members: Time to focus on gender as critical inclusion issue
06 Dec 17 NewsA coalition of developed and developing economies is expected to unveil a declaration in Buenos Aires outlining several steps they plan to take over the coming two years towards in...
American Society of International Law: Symposium on Africa and the Future of International Trade Regimes
04 Dec 17 NewsOn September 30, 2025, the World Trade Organization (WTO) waiver that allows the United States to extend trade preferences to African countries under the African Growth and Opportu...
Preparing for Buenos Aires, can the WTO Deliver on Nairobi Promises?
30 Nov 17 BlogIn December 2017, the 164 member states of the World Trade Organization (WTO) will convene the 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This is the first time...
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29 Nov 17 NewsUpdates from the 5th AU-EU Summit in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire:
UN Secretary-General António Guterres: remarks at the Opening of the 5th African Union-European Union...
1 in 10 medical products in developing countries is substandard or falsified
29 Nov 17 NewsWHO urges governments to take action
An estimated 1 in 10 medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries is either substandard or falsified, according to new res...
Trade: A catalyst for accomplishing the 2030 Agenda
28 Nov 17 NewsTrade should support economic growth and be made socially and environmentally sustainable, with benefits spread across all segments of society.
The ninth session of the Trade and ...
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17 Nov 17 NewsUpdates on African trade policy processes from Amb. Albert Muchanga (AU Commissioner for Trade and Industry): The 8th CFTA Negotiating Forum to be held in Abuja next week will be f...
Azevêdo signals ‘cautious optimism’ over trade prospects in annual trade monitoring report
17 Nov 17 NewsWTO members show restraint in trade restrictions despite ongoing economic uncertainties
WTO members introduced fewer trade-restrictive measures from mid-October 2016 to mid-Octobe...
Global finance and e-trade giants threat to African players
16 Nov 17 NewsExperts are warning that global financial and e-commerce giants will take over the African market if the continent’s players do not innovate and come up with models that address ...
Commodity prices likely to rise further in 2018: World Bank
30 Oct 17 NewsOil prices to average $56 a barrel in 2018, up from 2017 average of $53/bbl
Oil prices are forecast to rise to $56 a barrel in 2018 from $53 this year as a result of steadily grow...
Strong Asian intraregional trade and investment improve economic resilience
27 Oct 17 NewsGrowing trade and investment linkages in Asia and the Pacific help improve the region’s economic resilience to uncertainties in the global economic and trade policy environment, ...
Low shipping connectivity makes weaker economies more vulnerable
26 Oct 17 NewsIn a globalized world, trade, communication and finance depend on the possibilities for people, companies and societies to connect, and there is a growing rift between the best-...
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23 Oct 17 NewsToday, in Arusha: EAC Development Partners Consultative Forum on the 5th EAC Development Strategy. Concept note (pdf): The overall objective is to provide existing and potenti...
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19 Oct 17 NewsFrom the UN’s Africa Week 2017: remarks by Amina J. Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General
Today, regional blocks in South and Central America, Southeast Asia and Chi...
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13 Oct 17 NewsUpdated World Bank macro poverty outlook reports: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
AU’s STC on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning ...
Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development: Communiqué – 2017 Annual Meetings
13 Oct 17 NewsMinisters of the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development held their ninety-eighth meeting in Washington D.C. on October 12, 2017 wi...
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11 Oct 17 NewsTomorrow, in Entebbe: 25th Nile Basin Council of Ministers meeting
Joseph Stiglitz will deliver the inaugural Babacar Ndiaye Lecture: From manufacturing led export growth to a 21s...