Economy
The EU-India FTA saved is human-rights earned
EU Trade Agreements are subjected to a
three pronged review before the European Parliament (EP), Council and the European
Court of Justice (ECJ), which ordinarily would...
Iran: Trade centers in regional countries to spur non-oil exports
Reimposition of the U.S. sanctions on Iranian economy has led the
Islamic Republic to reduce its dependence on oil revenues and elevate its other
sources of...
Chamber of Commerce: A new world of digital future
Individually and collectively, the Chamber of Commerce of the world will play
a very critical role on platform economies and what took 100 years in...
Davos 2020: Missing are economic development revival kits
The
eternal light of prosperity: the advancing struggle
of mankind, the basic principles of productivity, and the fundamental rules of
creating an enterprise, they all speak of...
Leading the financing for development agenda in Asia-Pacific
Recent
economic development in Bangladesh has been remarkable. Over the past decade,
GDP per capita has almost tripled, reaching $1,700 in 2018. Annual GDP growth
has averaged...
Mongolia has Come a Long Way: What is Needed to Consolidate These Gains?
When I last visited Mongolia in 2016, the country was on the brink of a
deep economic crisis, with a large fiscal deficit and unsustainably...
Let’s Bet: Will the Phase One deal prove effective?
With oil prices soaring high with a geopolitical risk
premium back in markets, the U.S.-China trade talks have taken a step back.
However, as soon as...
How climate is changing politics
In the fall of 2019, Democratic Speaker of the US House of
Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, went on record saying that competition for
resources was turning ecology...
What happened to the World Trade Organization?
Although
the General Council of the World Trade Organization largely agreed to proposed
reforms; Ambassador David Walker of New Zealand, who was appointed as the
leading facilitator...
The Veil behind Oman’s Investment Fund
The
Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute estimates more than thirty four billion
American dollars endowed under the Omani Investment Fund (OIF); established in
2006, the gulf nation has...