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Brasile
Brazil wants fast accession to WTO’s Public Procurement Agreement
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil signaled at the World Trade Organization (WTO) that it expects discussions with other countries to move forward as quickly as possible in order to accede to the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). At a meeting of the GPA Committee this week, the Brazilian delegation highlighted ...
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Brasile USA Argentina
Argentina’s soybean sector in good position for harvest 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina’s oilseed sector is in a good position for the 2020-21 harvest following oilseed worker strikes and dry weather, according to the Foreign Agricultural Service of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Despite the challenges in December 2020 and early 2021, the oilseed workers union ...
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Brasile Portogallo
Portugal proposes resuming travel within EU ‘as soon as possible’ to save jobs
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Portugal, which presides over the EU in the first semester of 2021, is planning to table a proposal for the resumption of the freedom of movement within the European Union as soon as possible, Portuguese Minister of State for the Economy and Digital Transition Pedro ...
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USA
Weekly Unemployment Claims Show Recovery Remains Rocky
Even with restrictions on business activity easing in many places, layoffs persist. The Texas storms were one of the latest setbacks.
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Nigeria
PRAWA Trains Law Enforcement Officers On Voluntary Process
By Orjime Moses, Abuja The prisoners rehabilitation and welfare action ( PRAWA), a non governmental organization has trained law enforcement agencies on security, human rights development. Speaking at the training workshop which held at the NSCDC headquarters Abuja, the executive director of PRAWA, Dr Uju Agomoh said the objectives of ...
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Nigeria
Native Talk Rolls Out Channel Partnership, B2B SIP Connect For Service Providers
By SOLOMON NDA-ISAIAH, Nigeria’s strongest player in the voice over IP rebrands, Native Talk, has announced its commitment to strengthen its B2B market through the launch of its flagship B2B SIP Connect service as a white-label solution for service providers. Native Talk has made a name for itself as Nigeria’s ...
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Nigeria
BoI Seeks Support Of Other DFIs To Boost Economy
By Kingsley Alu, Abuja The managing director, Bank of Industry (BoI) Mr Olukayode Pitan is seeking the support of other development financial institutions under the umbrella body of Association of Nigerian Development Finance Institutions (ANDFI) to boost the country’s pace of growth. Pitan, who is also the chairman of the ...
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Nigeria
Ethnic Youths Laud Emefiele Over Support To Private Sector
By Jonathan Nda- Isaiah, Nigerian youth leaders from various ethnic nationalities and the African centre for Human Rights and Justice have hailed the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele for his outstanding support to the private sector to drive the Nigerian economy. This was contained in ...
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Brasile Cina USA Argentina
BC: produtos básicos impulsionam exportações na pandemia
As exportações brasileiras apresentaram relativa resiliência em 2020, durante a pandemia de covid-19, impulsionadas pela evolução das vendas de produtos básicos. Segundo o Banco Central (BC), destacaram-se os bons desempenhos da soja, com aumento na quantidade exportada, notadamente na região Centro-Oeste, e do minério de ferro, no Norte, que apresentou ...
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Brasile
Em meio à pandemia, atividade econômica cresce no Norte e Centro-Oeste
Mesmo em meio à pandemia de covid-19, que provocou a redução da atividade econômica em todo o país, as regiões Norte e Centro-Oeste registraram desempenho positivo, em especial por causa da produção de grãos e desempenho do comércio. As demais regiões – Sul, Sudeste e Nordeste – tiverem contração da ...