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Vai alla Scheda Paese »There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
— John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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Biden’s Pick for Trade Representative Promises Break With Past Policy
Katherine Tai, the nominee to be America’s chief trade negotiator, declined to give policy specifics on tariffs and trade agreements, but laid out a broad vision of a more equitable trade policy.
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Liberia: Liberia Embassy in Washington to Host Business and Investment Forum
[FrontPageAfrica] Washington D.c. -- The Embassy of Liberia in Washington D.C. in collaboration with the Consulate General in New York and Honorary Consulates in Atlanta and Minnesota will on June 30, 2021 host The Liberia Business and Investment forum. This annual event was inaugurated in 2019 but could not be ...
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Peruvian GDP continued to recover in December 2020
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The seasonally adjusted indices continued to recover in December 2020 after recording minimum levels (-40%) in April last year, the Central Reserve Bank has reported. Thus, GDP and the seasonally adjusted non-primary GDP increased 2.1% and 1.1%, respectively, in December compared to the previous month. ...
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Mexico posts first account surplus for years during 2020
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mexico registered an annual current account surplus for the first time in at least 1 1/2 decades in 2020 as imports declined more sharply than exports during the coronavirus pandemic, central bank said showed on Thursday, February 25th. The current account surplus in Latin America's ...
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Analysis: Why isn’t the U.S. dollar dropping in Brazil like elsewhere in the world?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Federal Reserve Bank's decision to print money was taken to counter the economic recession effects triggered by the covid-19 pandemic. In parallel, the interest rate was lowered and is now close to zero. When this happens, the country tends to become "less attractive" to ...
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Saudi Arabia is looking to invest in Chilean agriculture
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Saudi Gazette) Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Mansour Al-Mushaiti held talks with Chile’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Economic Relations Rodrigo Yáñez and his accompanying delegation. They discussed strengthening economic partnership and Saudi agricultural investment abroad. The visiting minister ...
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Alysha Bush Speaks On Overcoming Impossible Odds, Growing Her Business During Pandemic
By Our Correspondent Alysha Bush, former swimmer at Arizona State University, has developed a habit of making the right bets over the years. It turns out that “crazy bae” from Snapchat isn’t so crazy after all. She’s an extremely successful businesswoman and is going all in on her dreams of ...
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Coronavirus live: Israel finds one case of California strain that can't be traced to travelers
Hundreds of partygoers flout restrictions in Tel Aviv ahead of Purim curfew ■ Cities defy COVID regulations to open schools ■ Knesset passes law allowing disclosing identities of unvaccinated to authorities
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Déficit na balança comercial da saúde tende a crescer
Importações aumentam e vacinas pesam na balança comercial da saúde Importações de medicamentos e matérias-primas para o setor de saúde somaram US$ 15 bilhões em 2020, segundo dados de um estudo da Fundação Osvaldo Cruz, junto ao Ministério da Economia, e divulgados no começo deste mês. Quando são contados os ...
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Mexico’s support for Pemex to drive widening fiscal deficit, Moody’s says
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mexico’s fiscal deficit will widen to 4.1% of gross domestic product this year, with ongoing support for ailing state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) driving up debt, ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service said on Wednesday, February 24th. Pemex will need US$14.7 billion in government support ...
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Brazil’s president again says he will expose Pfizer’s demands on Brazil for vaccine purchase
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday, February 24th, that the purchase of Pfizer vaccines is "something of great responsibility" given the requirements imposed by the American pharmaceutical company. Bolsonaro said once again that he will show to the population all contractual requirements imposed by the ...
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Venezuela kicks out head of EU delegation after new sanctions
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Wednesday, February 23td, that the head of the European Union’s delegation in Caracas had 72 hours to leave the South American country and declared her persona non grata after the bloc imposed new sanctions on Venezuelan officials this ...
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Amid Shortfalls, Biden Signs Executive Order to Bolster Critical Supply Chains
The order is intended to help insulate the economy from future shortages of critical imported components by making the United States less reliant on foreign supplies.
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Privilege use drops among exporters due to outbreak
The use of free trade agreement (FTA) privileges and the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) by Thai exporters tallied US$62.3 billion in 2020, down 10.5% from a year before, mainly attributed to the pandemic.
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Governors Empowered By ECOWAS Protocol To Shut Out Armed Herdsmen – Falana
By GEORGE OKOJIE, Legal luminary and human rights activist, Femi Falana, has said that state governors are empowered by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) protocol to shut out armed herdsmen from other countries. In a statement yesterday, Falana, who was reacting to comments by some government officials ...
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ECOWAS Protocol Empowers FG To Refuse Entry Of Foreign Armed Herders – Falana
BY GEORGE OKOJIE, Lagos Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana SAN has urged the Federal Government to halt the lamentation about influx of foreign armed herders into the country, saying certain protocols of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) allows the government to shut out armed foreign herders. The ...
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Hong Kong lança plano de US$ 15,5 bilhões para estimular economia
“Mesmo que nosso déficit atinja uma alta histórica, medidas anticíclicas ainda são muito necessárias para dar um novo impulso à nossa economia”, disse o secretário de Finanças da cidade O governo de Hong Kong anunciou nesta quarta-feira (24) um pacote de estímulos de cerca de US$ 15,5 ...
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Contas externas têm saldo negativo de US$ 7,253 bilhões em janeiro
As contas externas registraram saldo negativo de US$ 7,253 bilhões em janeiro deste ano, o segundo mês consecutivo de déficit, após oito meses de superávit em 2020. De acordo com dados divulgados hoje (24) pelo Banco Central (BC), em janeiro de 2020 o déficit foi maior, de US$ 10,3 bilhões nas transações ...
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Brazil’s public debt hit new high of R$5.06 trillion in January
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s record public debt pile rose further above R$5 trillion (US$920 billion) in January, while rock-bottom interest rates continued to anchor the cost of servicing it near all-time lows, data showed on Wednesday, February 24th. Total federal debt rose 1% in January to R$5.06 trillion ...
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Argentina economic activity beats forecasts in December, down 10% in 2020
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina’s economic activity fell 2.2% in the last month of 2020 versus a year earlier, better than the average 2.6% fall analysts had forecast, while activity was down 10% for the full year, also better than initial government projections. Argentina’s economy, in recession since 2018, ...
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Příliš skvělé, aby to byla pravda. Na globálním trhu se možná nafukuje další bublina
Začátek roku 2021 charakterizují turbulentní události na kapitálových trzích. Média si všímají nástupu outsiderů, jako jsou investoři z redditové skupiny WallStreetBets, či dalšího růstu kryptoměny bitcoin. Je možné, že světové finance právě prodělávají revoluci. Právě tak ale můžeme být svědky nafukování několika propojených bublin.