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COVID-19 triggers 3 pc decline in Q1 global trade: UNCTAD
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 14 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic cut global trade values by 3 per cent in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest UNCTAD data published in a joint report by 36 international organisations.
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UNCTAD predicts $3.4 trillion debt for developing countries amid COVID-19
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 25 (ANI): Developing countries' repayments on their public external debt alone will soar to between 2.6 trillion and 3.4 trillion USD in 2020 and 2021, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has said in a new report while calling for a glo
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UN calls for $2.5 trillion coronavirus crisis package for developing count
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 31 (ANI): With two-thirds of the world's population living in developing countries (excluding China) facing unprecedented economic damage from the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations is calling for a 2.5 trillion dollars package for these countries to turn expressio
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Coronavirus outbreak has cost global value chains $50 billion in exports:
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 5 (ANI): The slowdown of manufacturing in China due to coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak is disrupting world trade and could result in a 50 billion dollar decrease in exports across global value chains, according to estimates published by the United Nations Conference
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Coronavirus outbreak could lead to USD 50 bn trade losses: UNCTAD
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 5 (Sputnik/ANI): The outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) could inflict a USD 50 billion damage to international trade, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Wednesday (local time), citing its recent estimates of the situa
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Overseas Investment into both Bahrain and India rose 6 per cent in 2018
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Manama [Bahrain] July 03(ANI/NewsVoir): The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has published its annual World Investment Report (WIR), which found that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Bahrain and India rose to $1.5 billion and $42 billion respectively in 2018.
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PM Modi bats for consumer protection, stricter guidelines for misleading a
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that a new consumer protection act was being made and that the guidelines on the misleading ads would be made stricter, adding that the government's priority to consumer protection was in line with the reso
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