Under the terms of the MOU, Alibaba.com will advise VITIC in the development of its e-commerce project and assist Vietnamese SMEs to learn about and participate in global trade.
The global financial crisis is drying up the financing that firms depend on for trade. That is making the global recession nastier and deeper than it otherwise would be. As with all kinds of credit...
OSLO --Norway's global trade surplus slipped 0.3% on the year in October to NOK31.41 billion, as exports continued to slide, data from Statistics Norway showed Monday. Imports declined 5.9% on the year to NOK38.51 billion,...
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab expressed disappointment Friday that a meeting on the long-stalled Doha round of global trade talks has been called off, but acknowledged that differences remain too wide. "Due to...
GENEVA (AFP)--Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim Friday blamed the U.S. for a lack of progress in global trade talks and warned against "greed" which would doom any deal. "The big issue is sectorals and I...
LONDON --The U.K. global goods deficit widened to GBP7.8 billion in October as trade in oil moved back into deficit, the Office for National Statistics said Tuesday. Global trade data was revised to show a...
BEIJING --The U.S. and China wrapped up high-level economic talks with pledges to support financial markets, trade and investment in both countries, as the strains of the global financial crisis push two of the world's...
BEIJING (AFP)--U.S. Treasury chief Henry Paulson said Friday the U.S. and China would make $20 billion available in trade financing to boost commerce amid the global slowdown. "To support trade flows during this period of...
BRUSSELS --Countries are within striking distance of reaching a global trade deal and should meet in Geneva at the World Trade Organization before the end of the year to hammer out a final agreement, European...
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP)--Malaysia's trade minister Wednesday cautioned the U.S. and Europe against introducing protectionist policies to defend their economies from the global slowdown. "At times like these when things are difficult...there must not be any...