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Trade in Cambodia’s ports: products from Viet Nam arrive at the Phnom Penh Autonomous port in Kandal province.
World Bank/Chhor Sokunthea

Trade slows in Asia-Pacific as economies adjust to lower global growth, says new UN report

2 November 2015
Economic Development

The regional trade and investment flows in Asia and the Pacific is decelerating as the economies in the region adjust to cyclical and structural changes resulting from the global economic downturn and the expected reduction in China’s growth rate, says a new United Nations report launched today.

Maged Abdelaziz, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Africa, addresses a press conference. UN File Photo/Evan Schneider

Africa’s “ambitious agenda” backed by UN

12 October 2015
General News

Africa’s plan to create a free trade zone across the continent will be fully supported by the UN, according to a senior official working on African issues.

Political leaders have set the target of 2017 for the Continental Free Trade Agreement to be implemented.

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The UN trade agency's Vanessa Erogbogbo hopes that web or mobile apps will make women-led firms easier to find in the global market place.
ITC

Tech challenge launched to find “invisible” women entrepreneurs

1 September 2015
General News

Finding millions of so-called “invisible” women entrepreneurs using a simple mobile app could transform their empowerment, according to UN agency the International Trade Centre (ITC).

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A view from the Port of Doraleh, Djibouti.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

How domestic reforms can help countries expand trade abroad

17 August 2015
General News

Countries need to shift their focus from international trade barriers to domestic reforms that will expand trade, innovation and business growth.

That’s according to Professor Douglas Irwin from the Department of Economics at Dartmouth College in the United States.

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