Promoted by the World Trade Organisation, the event takes place up to the 11th, and will debate themes like trade partnerships, product chain and technological development.
Author: From the Newsroom
According to the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, there was a 2.7% decline from 2011, the first one since 2009. Activity was down in 17 of the 27 sectors surveyed.
According to information released by the company, 85.5 million tonnes were produced in Q4 2012, the first increase in output during the period since 2003.
Brazil’s Tourism Ministry will provide US$ 12.7 million for 18 training agreements for personnel to service foreign tourists. Most will receive language training.
Technicians from the Fund met with officials from the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade to go over the impact of the crisis on the country’s trade balance.
Riyadh’s Radyolla construction company and the government of the African country have signed an agreement to build an oil pipeline and a refinery. The project is expected to bring fuel costs down.
The tax money was seized by the Israeli government following the recognition of Palestine as a UN observer state.
The Management Council has elected the lawyer and businessman Marcelo Sallum as president of the organization for the next two years, succeeding Salim Schahin.
Meeting is promoted in Kuwait with the support of the UN to collect at least US$ 1.5 billion for Syrian civilians affected by the conflicts of the country, which has lasted almost two years.
Global foreign trade grew 4% in 2011, according to the Unctad. Developing countries in Asia, especially China, answered to most of this trade.
In 2012, 56.1 million containers were moved by the company, 2.4% more than in 2011. The organisation attributes the growth in operation to movement in the Americas, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.
In 2012, 57.6 million people crossed the airport, which exceeded Hong Kong in international passenger flow. The forecast is to receive 65.4 million this year.
Abdallah El-Badri, secretary general at the organisation, says that other nations earn more in taxes on sales of oil products than the members earn with exports of crude oil.
The president of Palestine has sent a letter of condolence to Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff. A fire in Santa Maria, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, killed 231 people last Sunday.
