Economists at the World Trade Organization (WTO) have downwardly revised their world trade growth estimate for 2015 to 4 percent from the previous estimate of 5.3 percent. For 2014 also, the WTO has reduced its world trade growth ...
Tags: world trade growth, GDP growth
The Export Finance and Insurance Commission (EFIC) has examined free trade deals clinched with Japan and Korea this month and the trade agreement currently being pursued with China. “These agreements offer unprecedented access to ...
Tags: Electrolytic Capacitors, Asian FTA
The IATA reports that growth in air freight markets moderated in February, rising 2.9% compared to a year ago, down on the 4.3% increase in January. But combining the first two months of the year shows there has been a solid 3.6% gain in ...
Tags: Air Freight, Service
Air freight markets stabilised in September, after an extended period of slow increase. Global freight tonne kilometres were up 0.5% in September year-on-year, a slowdown on the 3.4% growth in August, and there was no increase in volumes ...
Tags: Global Market Transport, Service, Transport
World GDP growth stabilized during the first quarter of 2013 at a moderate rate. In particular, in the advanced economies the situation improved with financial stress being further reduced and stock prices rising. The acceleration of ...
Tags: GDP growth, financial stress, Euro Area, emerging economies