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After lockdowns caused trade to shrink 15% in the first half of 2020, it rebounded in the second half, with global trade in goods up about 8% in the fourth quarter compared with the third, the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said.

After lockdowns caused trade to shrink 15% in the first half of 2020, it rebounded in the second half, with global trade in goods up about 8% in the fourth quarter compared with the third, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said

A recovery in global trade is expected to slow again in the first quarter of 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic keeps disrupting the travel industry ...

China increased its share of global exports more than any other nation in 2020, followed by Taiwan and Vietnam, according to a new United Nations report.

Without the resilience of the economies of East Asia and the Pacific, there would have been no global trade recovery at the end of last year, UN analysts...

Date Time UNCTAD launches new tool to help transform economies amid global crisis UNCTAD has launched a new tool to help developing countries improve their development policies, reduce poverty and build economic resilience to negative shocks such as the coronavirus pandemic, which has devastated economies across the world. The Productive Capacities Index (PCI) is an online portal with publications, manuals, resources and tools that allow policymakers to measure their countries’ performance in...

SHARE Foreign direct investment in infrastructure and productive assets fell “significantly” in developing countries last year, hindering their recovery prospects from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report by the United Nations. However, overall FDI flows to developing economies remained relatively resilient and fell 12 per cent in 2020 compared with a 69 per cent decline recorded by richer economies. “These investment types are crucial for productive capacity and infrastruc...

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], January 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Friday expressed its keen intention to deepen Africas trade integration and effectively implement the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement. "The number of members that have ratified the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement is approaching 40 with the continents leadership showing immense political will towards achieving its aspirations," the UN agency ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan presented on Monday a five-point agenda to address the structural barriers in global prosperity, proposing equitable supply of Covid vaccine to developing...

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