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Africa takes first important step in tackling large scale land-based investments
14 Nov 2014Continental efforts to adopt land policies that leverage on land as a strategic resource for inclusive and sustainable development took a step forward with the official launch of t...
read moreBold commitments needed to secure growth and employment outcomes
14 Nov 2014The B20 is calling on G20 leaders to commit to a bold reform agenda and ambitious individual country growth strategies when they meet in Brisbane at the annual G20 Leaders Summit t...
read moreZim ponders the struggle to industrialise
14 Nov 2014As the world’s least industrialised region with a youthful and fast-growing workforce, African policymakers have for decades put industrialisation at the top of their development...
read more‘WTO’s trade facilitation pact not balanced with development agenda’
14 Nov 2014Tanzania’s senior official at the permanent mission in Geneva, Switzerland, Prisca Mutani, has said that the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) as a legally binding pact is not b...
read moreExpert Group Meeting on Investment Policies and Bilateral Investment Treaties Landscape in Africa
14 Nov 2014The Economic Commission for Africa’s Regional Integration and Trade Division, has undertaken a field study on Investment Policies and Bilateral Investment Treaties Landscape...
read moreUganda asks world trade body to make markets available
14 Nov 2014
The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have expressed the need to trade more freely with developed members in the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
In an annual report which the...
read moreIndia: Statement on WTO made by Commerce and Industry Minister
13 Nov 2014Commitment to Multilateralism
India is a strong supporter of the multilateral trading system and is committed to strengthening it and ensuring that the WTO remains a key pilla...
read moreStatement by Ambassador Froman on U.S.-India WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
13 Nov 2014U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman released the following statement welcoming an agreement between the United States and India on elements aimed at unlocking progress at the ...
read moreSA rejects hazardous waste treaty
13 Nov 2014THE South African government does not intend ratifying an international treaty aimed at banning the importation of hazardous waste into Africa, saying it wants to protect SA’s ow...
read moreDeveloping countries to play greater role in OECD/G20 efforts to curb corporate tax avoidance
13 Nov 2014The OECD released on 12 November 2014 its new Strategy for Deepening Developing Country Engagement in the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project, which will...
read moreG20 leaders meet to discuss global economics
13 Nov 2014The weak global economic climate will come under the spotlight when members of the Group of 20 countries meet in Brisbane, Australia from 15 to 16 November.
The G20 Leaders’ Sum...
read moreFive countries bid to host SADC renewable energy centre
13 Nov 2014At least five countries are vying for the right to host the proposed regional centre for the promotion of renewable energy in southern Africa.
According to a recent meeting of the...
read moreUS and China strike deal on carbon cuts in push for global climate change pact
13 Nov 2014Barack Obama aims for reduction of a quarter or more by 2025, while Xi Jinping sets goal for emissions to fall after 2030
The United States and China have unveiled a secretly nego...
read moreLower trade and higher poverty rate are cousins
13 Nov 2014“Nigeria is not just a place to set up a business. The country is a big and growing market. Investing in Nigeria is tantamount to connecting to a big market.”
The relationship...
read moreFor up to 800 million rural poor, a strong World Bank commitment to agriculture
13 Nov 2014Close to 800 million people around the world – or 78 percent of the world’s poor people – live in rural areas and rely on farming, livestock, aquaculture and other agricultur...
read moreRecord number of new trade concerns raised in standards committee in 2014
13 Nov 2014A record-breaking number of new trade concerns, mostly dealing with issues such as the protection of health and the environment, were raised by WTO members at the Technical Barrier...
read moreRussia authorizes several SA firms to resume seafood exports
13 Nov 2014South Africa will be able to restart seafood exports to Russia, which had been suspended over two decades ago, after several seafood companies have been granted rights by Russian a...
read moreUS and China agree to eliminate technology trade tariffs in landmark Beijing deal
12 Nov 2014China and the US have agreed to eliminate tariffs on a host of technology products – a move which could add $190bn to global GDP.
The two trading powers overcame a succession of...
read moreClimate Change Conference kicks off in Dar es Salaam
12 Nov 2014Some of the world’s leading experts on Climate Change have joined the country’s decision makers and opinion leaders gathered today in Tanzania’s business capital to participa...
read moreSolid and adequate land policies, if implemented, could catalyze Africa’s transformation
12 Nov 2014The inaugural Conference on Land Policy in Africa opened Tuesday evening at the African Union Headquarters in Ethiopia with a strong call for a robust deepening of land governance ...
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