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Factbox – What Has the WTO Ministerial Conference Achieved?
Date: June 17, 2022
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization’s 164 members approved a series of trade agreements early on Friday that included commitments on fish and pledges on health and food security after more than five gruelling days of negotiations. [L1N2Y400M] Here are details on those agreements PANDEMIC RESPONSE India and South Africa and other developing countries...
Why Investors Must Not Overlook Emerging Markets
Date: June 15, 2022
By Emanuela Vartolomei, CEO and Founder of All Street SEVVA and creator of Sevva.ai Just over a month ago, the UK government announced it would enshrine in law ‘the world’s most ambitious climate change target’ to cut emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels. The Bonn Climate Change Conference, taking place from 6-16th...
WTO Makes Final Push for Trade Deals, With Eyes on Defiant India
Date: June 15, 2022
By Philip Blenkinsop and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Trade Organization on Wednesday extended its negotiations by a day amid growing doubts they would find consensus on any change to global trade rules and India adamant it would not yield on food, fisheries and vaccines. During the WTO’s ministerial conference this week, its first...
Western Banks Seem More Likely to Enter the Metaverse Than Emerging Markets
Date: June 13, 2022
By Richard Shearer, CEO of Tintra PLC When it comes to digital change and the embrace of new technologies, Western banks are becoming increasingly forward-thinking – an attitude which they have yet to apply to their relationships with emerging markets. This proactive approach towards (limited) change shone through in a recent speech by Pentti Hakkarainen...
Factbox-Surging Food Prices Fuel Protests Across Developing World
Date: June 9, 2022
(Reuters) -The war in Ukraine and drought fuelled by climate change has sent global prices for grains, cooking oils, fuel and fertilizer soaring. Rising prices for basic food staples is fuelling protests from Indonesia to Iran. European wheat prices have jumped 52% and benchmark palm oil futures went up 25% since January. The trend is...
The Hidden Power of Emerging Markets
Date: June 9, 2022
By Manpreet Haer, Co-Founder at PayFuture The acceleration towards digitisation caused by the pandemic has drastically boosted online shopping and online trade in general. Social restrictions and lockdowns have effectively bolstered the already-growing e-commerce industry into what it has become today. As a result, however, this has led to established markets becoming saturated therefore pushing...