Tag: Global economy
10 Commonwealth policy priorities for trade and development
06 Mar 17 NewsAhead of the 2017 meeting of Commonwealth trade ministers, ODI and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trade Out of Poverty put forward 10 policy priorities for trade ministers to...
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02 Mar 17 NewsFour events to diarise:
SA’s trade and industry minister Rob Davies: ‘Implications of changing international trade: the view from South Africa’ (8 March, Chatham House, Lond...
The rise of China in world trade and a crystal ball analysis for future Chinese trade
01 Mar 17 PublicationsThis paper considers China’s position in world trade from two perspectives. The first section details the evolution of Chinese trade over the period 2001-2013, with an update of ...
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01 Mar 17 NewsToday’s featured tweets:
G7 Italy 2017: Today meeting of the #G7 Africa Directors in Rome. Fruitful exchange of views on the situation and the way forward in Sub-Saharan Africa....
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27 Feb 17 NewsStarting today, in Abidjan: ECOWAS, Partners review long-term election observation missions in West Africa
Mukhisa Kituyi: ‘Africa needs more mutual trade in these times of econ...
BRICS diplomats support China’s free-trade advocacy
27 Feb 17 NewsSenior BRICS country diplomats voiced support on Friday for China’s call for boosting free trade and opposing protectionism as emerging markets work together to inject power into...
Trump and Africa: Imagining a positive legacy
27 Feb 17 NewsThe contours of Trump’s Africa policy are emerging, although key appointments, such as the assistant secretary of state for African affairs, have yet to be made.
On February 13,...
Finding new solutions for old problems – what can Africa learn from RCEP?
22 Feb 17 DiscussionWillemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses what the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) negotiations can learn from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership negotiations...
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22 Feb 17 NewsArvind Subramanian: The WTO reborn? (Project Syndicate)
For too long, the World Trade Organization has languished, to lift a reference from T.S. Eliot, by the “waters of Leman...
Policy uncertainty weighs on world trade
22 Feb 17 NewsNew report links increased policy uncertainty and maturing global value chains to weakened trade growth in 2016
Global trade growth continued to be slow for the fifth consecutive ...
Chatham House interview with Rob Davies, South African Trade Minister
22 Feb 17 NewsThe head of South Africa’s Department for Trade and Industry speaks about his country’s post-Brexit trading relationship with the UK and how it is responding to global economic...
Economic policy options for African economies in advent of Brexit, Trump
20 Feb 17 News
There are interesting coincidences in the Brexit and “America first” movements. First is their timing and ideological convergence, second is the affinity between their prime ...
World Trade Outlook Indicator suggests moderate trade momentum in first quarter of 2017
15 Feb 17 NewsThe WTO’s latest World Trade Outlook Indicator (WTOI) suggests that global trade growth will continue to build moderately in the first quarter of 2017 after having strengthened i...
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13 Feb 17 NewsUnderway in Walvis Bay: African Corridor Management Alliance launch (@snkaringi). Tweet by @heiniesuo: Inaugural meeting of #African #Corridor #Management #Alliance: "We need a con...
T20 Africa Conference Communiqué: Africa and the G20 – Building alliances for sustainable development
13 Feb 17 NewsIntroduction
For the first time since the establishment of the Think20 (T20) process, Think Tanks from across Africa have met with T20 Think Tanks on African soil to discuss the G...
DG Azevêdo visit to India: Advancing global trade and the role of the WTO
10 Feb 17 NewsDirector-General Roberto Azevêdo told a meeting of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi on 9 February that a number of trade issues of interest to India’s eco...
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02 Feb 17 NewsPIDA Progress Report 2016 (NEPAD)
The lead implementing PIDA agency, the NEPAD Agency, with support from the AUC, AfDB, partners and stakeholders, continues to interact with the p...
Global foreign direct investment fell 13% in 2016, but modest recovery expected in 2017 – new figures
02 Feb 17 NewsGlobal flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) fell 13% in 2016 to an estimated $1.52 trillion as global economic growth remained weak and world trade volumes posted anemic gains,...
New U.K. trade deals can’t soften blow from Brexit, Niesr says
01 Feb 17 NewsNew U.K. free trade agreements with non-European Union nations won’t come close to offsetting the impact of leaving the EU, according to the National Institute of Economic and So...
Improving governance is key to ensuring equitable growth in developing countries
31 Jan 17 NewsA new World Bank policy report urges developing countries and international development agencies to rethink their approach to governance, as a key to overcoming challenges related ...