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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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Thai-China trade pact signed
Beijing: Thailand is moving ahead with plans to upgrade economic cooperation with China, agreeing Wednesday to the comprehensive framework on enhancing trade and economic partnership between the two nations and aiming to double bilateral trade to US$140 billion (4.59 trillion baht) by 2021.
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San Francisco Approves Business Tax to Fund Homeless Services
The city’s tech elites were divided over the initiative, which is seen as an effort to hold their companies accountable for exacerbating the local housing crisis.
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With US absent, world's exporters turn attention to China
The China International Import Expo opened Monday with thousands of foreign companies wooing Chinese buyers
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Turkey welcomes US putting bounties on PKK leaders
Turkish Foreign Ministry welcomed the U.S. State Department’s decision to put multi-million-dollar bounties on the heads of three senior members of the illegal PKK, according to a statement on Nov. 7.
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Shippers forecast 5% growth in 2019
A shippers' group is maintaining its export growth forecast of 5% next year, much lower than the lofty 8% set by the Commerce Ministry, citing likely harm from the deepening trade row between the US and China and relatively low crop prices.
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SET ends higher, Philippines falls on widening trade deficit
Philippine shares fell 2% on Wednesday following disappointing September trade deficit data, while other Southeast Asian markets, including the Stock Exchange of Thailand index, closed marginally higher as investors became more optimistic about trade negotiations between Beijing and Washington after the US midterm elections results.
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France vows to defy US on Iran sanctions
Bruno Le Maire seeks to prevent Washington acting as world’s ‘trade policeman’
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Indústria química tem melhor trimestre dos últimos 12 anos
A produção brasileira de químicos para a indústria atingiu o melhor desempenho para um terceiro trimestre desde 2007 com uma taxa de crescimento em 1,45% sobre igual período do ano passado. As vendas foram 1,9% maiores. No mesmo período de 2017, o índice de produção ficou em 0,23% e o ...
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Paulo Guedes nega possibilidade de renegociar dívida pública
O futuro ministro da Economia, Paulo Guedes, negou hoje (6) a possibilidade de renegociação da dívida pública. Em entrevista a jornalistas ao chegar ao Ministério da Fazenda, ele disse que houve um mal-entendido sobre a necessidade de conter a expansão do endividamento do governo. “Não se pensa nisso [na renegociação ou ...
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China open to trade talks with US, says Wang Qishan
Influential Xi aide appears to walk back Beijing’s swipe at Trump ‘law of jungle’ policy
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Russian business trio told to stay away from Davos
Oleg Deripaska among those in effect barred from elite gathering under US pressure
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The five issues driving the US midterm elections
FT reporters roam the country to ask Americans about immigration, trade — and Trump
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Sistema sanitário de Bill Gates pode gerar economia de US$ 200 bilhões
Após sete anos de pesquisa, a Fundação Bill & Melinda Gates apresentou 20 novos projetos de vasos sanitários e de processamento de esgoto
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Turkish Foreign Minister Says Its Dangerous To Isolate Iran
\ Turkey foreign minister on Tuesday criticised the U.S. renewal of sanctions on Iran’s oil and shipping industries, saying it was dangerous to isolate Iran and unfair to punish its people, local media reported. Mevlut Cavusoglu’s comments to reporters in Japan came a day after Washington re-imposed sanctions, abandoning a ...
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Turkey warns US its Iran sanctions are ’dangerous’
Turkey has warned Washington against its new sanctions on Iran, saying isolating the Islamic Republic is "dangerous", Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Nov. 6.
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Private sector expects export growth to slow next year
The private sector through two key organisations on Tuesday warned that export growth would decline next year, mainly on the continuing trade war between China and the United States.
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Kritik mot storbankernas jämställdhet i ny rapport
Storbankerna är svaga när det kommer till jämställdhet, hållbarhet och arbete mot skatteflykt, enligt en rapport från initiativet Fair finance guide. Sämst i klassen är Nordea, som inte alls vill känna igen sig i den bilden.
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Oil Prices Rise As U.S. Sanctions On Iran Begins, Tehran Defiant
\ Oil prices rose on Monday as U.S. sanctions against Iran’s fuel exports began but were softened by waivers allowing major buyers to import Iranian crude for a while. Tehran said that it would defy Washington and continue to sell. Brent crude oil was at $72.83 a barrel by 1230 ...
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Turkey eyes $500 mln carpet export to US by end of 2018
Turkey targets $500 million of carpet export to the U.S. by the end of 2018, a regional carpet export association head said on Nov. 5.
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Turkey told it will receive waiver on US sanctions on Iran: Gov’t
Turkey has been told it will receive a waiver on the U.S. sanctions against exports of Iranian oil, Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said on Nov. 5, as Washington re-introduced the sanctions.
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Confidence index dips to neutral zone
Investor confidence for the next three months has fallen into neutral territory, muted by tensions over the Sino-US trade row and concerns on global monetary policies, says the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organisations (Fetco).