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LEXINGTON, Mass.----Global GDP will grow only 2.8 percent in 2010, much better than the 2.0 percent drop in 2009, but well below the 3.5-4.0 percent trend rate of growth for the world economy, according to the Top 10 Economic Predictions for 2010 from IHS Chief Economist Nariman Behravesh.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is prescribing “poison” to the U.S. economy by keeping interest rates near zero and fueling a wave of speculative capital that may cause the next global crisis, former Morgan Stanley chief Asian economist Andy Xie said.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union will delay signing free-trade and accession agreements with Ukraine because of growing skepticism about the former Soviet state’s commitment to economic and political restructuring.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- South African manufacturing fell 9.3 percent in October from a year ago, the smallest drop in 10 months, as the global recession eased, adding to signs the economy is recovering.
Filipino activists wear colorful masks during a rally against the economic liberalization policies pushed by the World Trade Organization at the Mendiola bridge, Manila, Philippines, on Monday.
The International Monetary Fund expects to cut its 2010 growth forecast for the United Arab Emirates as economic activity slows due to the debt woes of state-owned Dubai World, a top IMF official said on Wednesday.
Apparently, one meltdown isn't enough for the World Trade Organization. They meet today in Geneva on the tenth anniversary of the "Battle in Seattle," the first mass protest against globalization.
New York - Massive and concerted measures from the world's major economies have contributed to a global economic recovery expected next year, the United Nations said Wednesday. The UN said in a survey that world economic growth is expected to registe...
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- South African manufacturing contracted at a slower pace in October than the previous month as the global recession eased, adding to signs the economy is recovering.
World Trade Organization member states called on Tuesday for an early deal on freeing up trade on environmental goods and services, ahead of a major climate change summit in Copenhagen.
European businesses, growing frustrated at slow progress in the World Trade Organization's Doha round, called on Sunday for the WTO to tackle the negotiation at next week's conference.
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The International Monetary Fund is issuing its executive board's plans for the next six months, including shaking up its own governance system to give more clout to countries now underrepresented at the international development organization, an IMF spokeswoman said Thursday.
Traveling to Geneva to press their case this week, members of the U.S. Grains Council met with Agriculture Department Undersecretary Jim Miller to discuss goals and strategies for the Doha Round of World Trade Organization negotiations.
The Oct. 7 statement by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) regarding Canada’s challenge of the U.S. Country of Origin Labeling Law (COOL) under the World Trade Organization (WTO) was disappointing to many cattle producers across the country, including myself.
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TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- Taiwan will set aside NT$95 billion over the next 10 fiscal years to pay for unemployment benefits for workers who lose their jobs because of an expected trade pact with China, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said Wednesday.
