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East Asian economies drive global trade recovery: UNCTAD
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 10 (ANI): Led by trade in goods, global trade recovered in the last quarter of 2020, reducing its overall decline for the year to about 9 per cent, according to UNCTAD's new Global Trade Update published on Wednesday.
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UN vows to deepen Africa's trade integration, implement free trade agreeme
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], January 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Friday expressed its keen intention to deepen Africa's trade integration and effectively implement the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement.
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Amit Shah congratulates Invest India for winning United Nations Investment
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday greeted 'Invest India' for winning the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) 2020 UN Investment Promotion award.
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'Invest India' bags UNCTAD's Investment Promotion Award 2020
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): The UNCTAD has declared 'Invest India' as winner of the 2020 United Nations Investment Promotion Award, according to a release by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
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Global tourism set to lose $1.2 trillion due to coronavirus: UNCTAD
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 3 (ANI): The world's tourism sector could lose at least 1.2 trillion dollars or 1.5 per cent of the global gross domestic product (GDP) having been placed at a standstill for nearly four months due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report by UNCTAD.
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Global FDI flows projected to plunge 40 pc in 2020: UNCTAD
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 18 (ANI): Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows are forecast to decrease by up to 40 per cent in 2020 from their 2019 value of 1.54 trillion dollars, according to UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2020.
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COVID-19 triggers 3 pc decline in Q1 global trade: UNCTAD
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 14 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic cut global trade values by 3 per cent in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest UNCTAD data published in a joint report by 36 international organisations.
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UNCTAD predicts $3.4 trillion debt for developing countries amid COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 25 (ANI): Developing countries' repayments on their public external debt alone will soar to between 2.6 trillion and 3.4 trillion USD in 2020 and 2021, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has said in a new report while calling for a glo
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UN calls for $2.5 trillion coronavirus crisis package for developing count
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 31 (ANI): With two-thirds of the world's population living in developing countries (excluding China) facing unprecedented economic damage from the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations is calling for a 2.5 trillion dollars package for these countries to turn expressio
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Coronavirus outbreak has cost global value chains $50 billion in exports:
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 5 (ANI): The slowdown of manufacturing in China due to coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak is disrupting world trade and could result in a 50 billion dollar decrease in exports across global value chains, according to estimates published by the United Nations Conference
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Coronavirus outbreak could lead to USD 50 bn trade losses: UNCTAD
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 5 (Sputnik/ANI): The outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) could inflict a USD 50 billion damage to international trade, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Wednesday (local time), citing its recent estimates of the situa
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Overseas Investment into both Bahrain and India rose 6 per cent in 2018
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Manama [Bahrain] July 03(ANI/NewsVoir): The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has published its annual World Investment Report (WIR), which found that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Bahrain and India rose to $1.5 billion and $42 billion respectively in 2018.
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