US calls for overhaul of deadlocked world trade talks
The United States called Monday for a fresh start to break a 14-year deadlock in negotiations to free up world trade in good and services worth some $23 trillion (21 trillion euros).
Dec 14, 2015, 18:30 PM IST
World trade registers modest growth in Jan-Mar of 2015: WTO
World trade grew by a modest 0.7 percent during January-March quarter of this year, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has said.
Jun 25, 2015, 18:27 PM IST
Merkel says strong euro hurts fruits of reforms
In the global economy, "a very strong" euro would make it difficult for countries such as Spain and Portugal, which adopted significant reforms during the economic crisis, to "harvest the fruits of those reforms, in exports, for example," Merkel told a congress for family-run businesses in Berlin.
Jun 12, 2015, 17:17 PM IST
China pays big to expand its clout along the new Silk Road
China, already at the centre of world trade, plans to spend billions of dollars to revive intercontinental land routes and develop maritime links to expand commerce and give it more weight in a freight system dominated by European shipping lines.
Nov 11, 2014, 04:45 AM IST
