The signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Association (RCEP) is a victory for free trade and multilateralism, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang celebrated on Sunday. The RCEP is made up of China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, Cambodia, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India
This Sunday 15 countries signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Association (RCEP), a regional free trade agreement. The RCEP is an agreement that covers trade in goods, trade in services, investment, economic and technical cooperation, and the new rules for electronic commerce, intellectual property, public procurement, competition and small
For the first time in 20 years, iron ore trade fell 1.5% year-on-year in 2019 due to severe supply disruptions caused by the collapse of the Vale dam in Brazil and Cyclone Veronica in Australia, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reported in its Maritime
President-elect Joe Biden secured his victory in the US elections by being the first Democrat to win Georgia since 1992, while the defeated President Donald Trump won North Carolina, according to the last two calls from the network of the 2020 presidential race, reported the American media Politico.
Majority-owned U.S. affiliates (MOUSAs) of foreign multinational companies employed 7.8 million workers in the United States in 2018, an increase of 1.9% year-on-year, according to Commerce Department statistics. MOUSAs represented 6.0% of total employment in private industry in the United States. Employment of these US affiliates was highest
The government of Mexico joined the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) on October 20. Previously, on July 16, the State Department announced that the United States formally joined as a member government of this multi-stakeholder association, joining 15 other governments and 85 non-governmental partners. A month earlier, the