Tag: global trade
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World trade now slowing sharply – Fitch
According to the rating agency, world industrial production is also decelerating rapidly, adding “services trade is rising, but services production is less globally specialised”.
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Africa will soon take its rightful place in global trade – Bawumia
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says Africa is open for business and committed to creating a more integrated, dynamic and prosperous continent through trade partnerships and investments.
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The fashion labels whose clothes are made by prisoners
The agile hands of men who once made a living as pickpockets and robbers have been given another task in Peru’s largest prison. By cutting, sewing and printing clothes they are able to earn money to send to their families on the outside. Buzzing sewing machines add to the cacophony of sound at San Pedro…
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The man who bought 60,000 oil and gas wells
Born and raised in a blue-collar household in the oil and gas fields of West Virginia, his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all earned their livings in the energy sector.
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Drop in global trade to be worse than 2008 crisis – WTO
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is predicting a severe decline in international commerce this year. In a new report the WTO forecasts a contraction of between 13% and 32% this year. The wide range of possibilities reflects the uncertainties about the health crisis. It says the impact on trade is likely to exceed the slump…