UNCTAD - Agrifood sector must be a priority for Global Foreign Direct Investment
They emphasized its pivotal role in addressing a $4 trillion annual investment gap in developing countries that needs to be bridged to achieve the Sustainable…
Sanctions fail to stop Kim Jong Un snapping up luxury watches, bags
North Korea has resumed its buying of high-end watches, famous brand bags and designer clothes for Kim Jong Un, his family and aides despite an…
President George W. Bush to highlight ILTA 2024 Conference
President George W. Bush will be the closing keynote speaker for the International Operating and Trade Show held by the International Liquid Terminals Association in…
UNCTAD urges channeling net-zero finance to support energy transition in developing economies
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) issued a compelling call at the 8th World Investment Forum, urging increased efforts to channel net-zero…
El Nino is set to put an end to Peru’s long run of fruit export growth
Peru’s agricultural exporters are bracing for tough times as a second year of bad weather upends a prolonged period of growth that turned the Andean…
Freight demand plummets as global trade falls to 18 month low
New data from Tradeshift shows transaction volumes across global supply chains dropped at their fastest rate in eighteen months in Q3...
US remains growth outlier as global trade falls to 18 month low
New data from Tradeshift shows transaction volumes across global supply chains dropped at their fastest rate in eighteen months in Q3. In the US, trade…
United States Census Bureau: Economic indicator updates
Privately-owned housing starts in September 2023 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,358,000. This is 7.0 percent (+/- 15.8%)* above the revised August…
EU aims to counter China by bolstering wind energy industry
The European Union will pledge to prop up its wind industry in the face of toughening global competition, supply-chain bottlenecks and financing concerns to ensure…
Chinese refiners shrink fuel exports as domestic demand jumps
Chinese refiners reined in overseas gasoline and diesel sales last month as they prioritized robust domestic demand amid a halt to export quotas.
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