NDO – A cooperation agreement was signed by the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Trade Promotion Agency (VIETRADE) and the Trade Facilitation Office (TFO Canada) via a virtual conference held on June 1, aiming to improve the export capacity of women-led enterprises in Vietnam during the 2021-2024 period.
Justin Trudeau is the type of guy who sees racism at every turn, except apparently when he’s wearing blackface and looking in the mirror. The prime minister…
This country’s Minister of Agriculture, Saboto Caesar, who is now chair of the Ministerial Council of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), has urged fellow ministers responsible for Fisheries across the Caribbean to prioritise the Blue Economy, to strengthen the region’s COVID-19 recovery efforts. The ‘Blue Economy’ is an emerging concept which encourages better use and conservation of the ocean or ‘blue’ resources to boost economic growth and to tackle …
Addis Ababa, 28 May 2021, ECA – The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) held the first Steering Committee Meeting (SCM) of its fourth programme cycle in Dakar, Senegal, from 26 to 27 May 2021. The hybrid event was hosted by ECA’s African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) and preceded by a Partners Meeting that was held on 25 May 2021.
As recently announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada awarded funding of CAN$15.2 million to ATPC to cover its fourth programme cycle that runs from 2021 to 2025. This was the first meeting under the new project, titled “Implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to boost intra-African trade”.