Posts In Category Economy
Switzerland Prepares for a Historic FTA with China
on August 17, 2010 by admin in Bilateral Trade, Business, China Business News, Economy, Swaziland News, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)
The Swiss President Doris Leuthard’s week-long visit to China is likely to make Switzerland once again a first mover from Europe to sign an FTA with China as it had […]
China Okays Iran Sanctions – Yet Holds Trade with Impunity
on August 11, 2010 by admin in Bilateral Trade, China Business News, Economy, Global Export News, Iranian Business, Iranian News, Saudi Arabia News, US Business News, Comments (0)
The recent sanctions against Iran hammered out by the US and like-minded countries targeting energy and banking sectors have become more blatantly farcical when China resumed oil trade with Iran […]
Australian Opposition Unfurls Trade Map Ahead of Polls
on August 9, 2010 by admin in Australian Business, Australian News, Business, Economy, Export News, News, Trade News, Comments (0)
The Nationals’ leader Warren Truss revealed that a Coalition government at the centre would restore funding to exporters and appoint an ambassador for trade reforms and specialist trade representatives for […]
Syria, Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan Sign Quadripartite FTA
on August 8, 2010 by admin in Business, Economy, Export News, Comments (0)
Turkey will join an economic bloc comprising of the Middle Eastern states such as Syria, Lebanon and Jordan ahead of the protracted accession to the EU. Last weekend, the four […]
Cambodia Garment Strike Spotlights on Labor Rights
on July 30, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Economy, Malaysia News, News, Review, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)
The wraith of global meltdown is still resonating in some form or the other in most outsourcing dependent countries. The recent Cambodia garment workers’ strike turns out to be a […]
Your Drink Can Help Some Farmers Get Living Wages
on July 27, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Business, Economy, Mexico and the US, People, Comments (0)
TransFair USA, a non-profit organization and a third-party certifier of Fair Trade (FT) products in the US has now launched FT-labelled vodka which ensures farmers from Bolivia to fetch commensurate […]
Kuwait Out-reaches to South America for Bettering Ties
on July 15, 2010 by admin in Business, Economy, Export News, Latin American Business, Comments (0)
A high profile delegation headed by the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Nasser Al Mohammed will begin its tour of South America on Wednesday. The three-week trip to nine countries […]
Indo-Bhutan Power Trade to Reciprocally Obviate Dearth
on July 10, 2010 by admin in Bilateral Trade, Business, Economy, Export News, Import News, India, India News, Indian Exports, News, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)
India’s plan to create over $1bn sovereign-backed fund to boost trade and investment for domestic power utilities in South Asia will largely benefit Bhutan to fund its power distribution projects […]
EU Prez Tours West Balkans to Assuage Fears on EU Accession
on July 6, 2010 by admin in Albania News, EU News, Economy, Kosovo News, Serbia News, Trade News, Turkey News, Comments (0)
The European Union President Herman Van Rompuy has made a whirlwind trip to the Western Balkan states starting from Slovenia through Croatia, Serbia and Kosovo to demonstrate the Union’s commitment […]
Normalcy in Kyrgyzstan Weigh beyond Parliamentary Democracy
on June 30, 2010 by admin in Business, EU News, Economy, Kazakhstan News, Opinion, Politics, Russia News, Trade News, US Business News, Comments (0)
Despite a referendum for parliamentary democracy, the future of Kyrgyzstan depends a lot on the foreign policy for the country by Russia and the US. Russia along with the US […]
Unproductive Rubber Tree Rejuvenation a Success in Liberia
on June 25, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Business, Canada News, Cheap Energy, EU News, Economy, Environment, Trade News, Comments (0)
An initiative to make use of old rubber trees by a Canadian renewable energy firm in Liberia is reaping rich dividends to the country’s economy. The project is reported to […]
Discarded Plastic Bottles Provide Housing for Poor in Lat-Am
on June 23, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Blog, Economy, People, Comments (0)
The ubiquitous plastic bottles, a serious menace to nature is becoming a key raw material in building houses for the low income families of Latin America. The brain behind this […]
Lewis Turning Point of Chinese Economy May Improve Quality
on June 21, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Business, Economics, Economy, Global Export News, News, Trade News, Tradeoff, World Business News, Comments (0)
The recent strikes at Honda and other factories in China for pay hike have to be construed as the fallout of the dearth in obtaining ‘qualified’ workers and the rapidly […]
Serbian Businesses Find Croatian Markets Unwelcome
on June 18, 2010 by admin in Bilateral Trade, Business, Economy, Export News, Import News, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)
The Serbian businesspeople feel that though their country has opened doors to the Croatian firms and products since 2000, the Serbian companies are still not welcome in Croatia. According to […]
Afghan Serendipity Exposes US Interests in Business of War
on June 15, 2010 by admin in Business, China Business News, Economy, Global Economy, India, India News, Opinion, Politics, Research, Review, Russia News, Saudi Arabia News, Trade News, US Business News, World Business, World Business News, Comments (0)
It was always a mystery why most military powers constantly attempted to occupy often portrayed derelict Afghanistan, but with the latest discovery of the country being seated over more than […]
Overarching Trade Promotions by Turkey to Power Growth
on June 14, 2010 by admin in Business, Cameroon News, Economy, Export News, India News, News, South Africa News, Trade Deals, Trade News, World Business News, Comments (0)
The Turkish government through various trade programs is ensuring that its economy will grow by more than 12 percent in the coming quarters. The one such program is the “Turkey-World […]
Financial and Banking Methodology Helps Cambodia to Sustain
on June 10, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Business, Economy, News, Trade News, Comments (0)
Cambodia’s World Bank country manager Qimiao Fan on Tuesday said that Cambodia’s financial and banking regulations have assisted the country to sustain during the tumultuous times of global economic uncertainties. […]
OAS Meet to Heed TI Recommendations
on June 9, 2010 by admin in Business, Economy, Latin American Business, News, Trade News, Comments (0)
The Organization of American States (OAS) in its 40th General Assembly in Lima is understood to have taken into consideration the recommendations by Transparency International (TI) to improve transparency and […]
World Oceans Day 2050 would be a Fishless Celebration
on June 1, 2010 by admin in Canada News, Chile, Economy, Environment, Global Economy, News, Comments (0)
According to a recent UN report, the World Oceans Day June 8 designated and celebrated by the UN since last year would be a fishless one in 2050 if the […]
Strike Paralyses SA with More in Store Ahead of World Cup
on by admin in Africa News, Business, Economy, News, South Africa News, Trade News, Comments (0)
South Africa (SA) continues to reel under the ’strike’ bogey with transport strike nearing end while others surfacing. A likely strike by half of the workers at state-owned power utility […]
Global Infrastructure Deficit Pegged at $2Trillion Per Annum
on May 24, 2010 by admin in Business, Economy, Global Economy, Latin American Business, News, World Business News, Comments (0)
The World Economic Forum’s Positive Infrastructure Report (PIR) finds that world faces a global infrastructure deficit of US$2 trillion per year over the next 20 years. The report analyses the […]
China Initiates Huge Private Participation in Energy Sector
on May 19, 2010 by admin in Business, China Business News, Economy, News, Trade News, Comments (0)
Last week China has announced that it would accept public bidding for national oil reserve projects, indicating that the government is planning private participation in energy domain to cut state’s […]
Indo-Israeli FTA Talks to Ride on Equal Trade Opportunities
on May 18, 2010 by admin in Bilateral Trade, Business, Economy, Export News, Import News, India, India News, Israel News, News, Comments (0)
A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and Israel, proposed by the latter about four years ago, has all the trappings for an early completion as both sides find the […]
WTO Must Streamline Organized Workforce to Cut Socio-economic Imbalances
on May 15, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Africa News, Blog, Business, EU News, Economy, Global Economy, Opinion, World Business, World Business News, Comments (0)
It is now apparent in the light of various studies conducted by both the UN agencies and other independent bodies that globalization has eluded its goals by not translating it […]
Oman-France Eco-tourism Foray on Course despite Deferment
on May 11, 2010 by admin in Bilateral Trade, Blog, Business, Economy, Environment, Miscellaneous, News, Tourism News, Trade News, Comments (0)
A workshop on ‘green architecture and eco-tourism’ will be held in Oman between 15 May and 17 May after becoming one of the many casualties to Iceland’s volcanic ashes which […]