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Only one out of every 40 dollars of foreign direct investment (FDI) since the 1990s has gone to Sub-Saharan Africa. This is dwarfed by the one out of every eight dollars that went ...

A surge in fuel imports and increased Customs revenues are the results of the rollout of the Single Customs Territory in February, reflecting the benefits of reduced trade barrie...

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo on 16 November 2014 welcomed the strong commitment from G-20 Leaders to implement all elements of the Bali Package including preparing as quickly ...

The BRICS Leaders met on 15 November 2014 on the occasion of the G20 Summit in Brisbane. The Leaders commended Brazil for the successful Sixth BRICS Summit and noted progress in t...

With the planet and its people facing serious security, developmental and environmental challenges, G20 countries possess not only the political power to set us on a better course,...

The B20 has welcomed G20 commitments to implement an ambitious structural reform agenda which will lift global GDP by more than two per cent above expectations over the next five y...

The services sector’s contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Tanzania is greater than that of other segments of the economy, including agriculture since 1998, a new ...

The integration of developing countries in world trade happens increasingly through their participation in global value chains (GVCs). However access to GVCs involves many prerequi...

The week-long APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting ended at Yanqi Lake on Tuesday with the leaders of the 21 APEC member economies issuing the 22nd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting Dec...

India and the US have announced that their stand-off over food stockholding at the WTO has been resolved – potentially paving the way for the implementation of a separate deal on...

13 November 2014, Brisbane, Australia We, the Heads of the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Euro...

Continental efforts to adopt land policies that leverage on land as a strategic resource for inclusive and sustainable development took a step forward with the official launch of t...

The B20 is calling on G20 leaders to commit to a bold reform agenda and ambitious individual country growth strategies when they meet in Brisbane at the annual G20 Leaders Summit t...

As the world’s least industrialised region with a youthful and fast-growing workforce, African policymakers have for decades put industrialisation at the top of their development...

Tanzania’s senior official at the permanent mission in Geneva, Switzerland, Prisca Mutani, has said that the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) as a legally binding pact is not b...

The Economic Commission for Africa’s Regional Integration and Trade Division, has undertaken a field study on Investment Policies and Bilateral Investment Treaties Landscape...

The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have expressed the need to trade more freely with developed members in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In an annual report which the...

Commitment to Multilateralism India is a strong supporter of the multilateral trading system and is committed to strengthening it and ensuring that the WTO remains a key pilla...

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman released the following statement welcoming an agreement between the United States and India on elements aimed at unlocking progress at the ...

THE South African government does not intend ratifying an international treaty aimed at banning the importation of hazardous waste into Africa, saying it wants to protect SA’s ow...