Economy

Wednesday, May 3rd 2017 - 07:15 UTC
Argentina promotes sales to China through e-commerce Alibaba

Argentine president Mauricio Macri and Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Tuesday in Buenos Aires as a way to open up new trade opportunities and to support merchants that are marketing products on Alibaba's e-commerce platforms.
Tuesday, May 2nd 2017 - 07:24 UTC
US Congress agrees on spending bill, with no funds for the Mexico border wall

Congressional negotiators have reached an agreement on a spending bill to keep the Unites States government running until 30 September, media report. The bipartisan deal boosts military spending but does not include funding for President Donald Trump's proposed wall on the Mexico border, they say.
Sunday, April 30th 2017 - 22:36 UTC
St Helena airport granted an “open ended” Aerodrome Certificate

British Overseas Territory St Helena Airport was granted an ‘open ended’ Aerodrome Certificate on Monday, on 3 April 2017, following the visit by experts from the Air Safety Support International.
Sunday, April 30th 2017 - 09:36 UTC
Labour says Theresa May has to “wake up” and avoid a chaotic Brexit.

Theresa May has been told to “wake up” and realize that Britain is moving towards a “chaotic Brexit” after European Union leaders agreed there can be no parallel exit and trade talks. At a crunch European Council summit in Brussels, leaders of the other 27 EU countries agreed their negotiating guidelines and insisted talks must take a “phased” approach.
Saturday, April 29th 2017 - 15:11 UTC
Bad news for Trump: US economy growth slows strongly in first quarter, 0.7%

The US economy slowed dramatically in the first three months of the year, according to official data. GDP expanded at an annual rate of 0.7% in the first quarter - the slowest rate since the first quarter of 2014, which is unwelcome news for President Donald Trump who, during his election campaign, made a pledge to raise growth to 4%.
Friday, April 28th 2017 - 17:28 UTC
General strike in Brazil to protest changes to labor laws and pensions system

Public transport largely came to a halt across much of Brazil on Friday as protesters blocked roads and scuffled with police in a general strike to protest proposed changes to labor laws and the pension system. It is the first general strike in over two decades.
Friday, April 28th 2017 - 17:23 UTC
Brazil hit by record 13.7% unemployment in March, 14 million out of a job

Brazil's jobless rate rose to a record for the fifth straight month in March with more than 14 million workers unemployed, government data showed on Friday, illustrating the hardships caused by the country's deepest recession ever.
Friday, April 28th 2017 - 11:09 UTC
Trump opts to renegotiate NAFTA agreement; talks to Peña Nieto and Justin Trudeau

President Trump told reporters Thursday he had been planning to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement within days, but decided to try to renegotiate the agreement instead. The president held out the possibility of killing the trade deal later if the negotiations fail.
Friday, April 28th 2017 - 11:01 UTC
Falklands: Argentine investors project to build a Howard Johnson hotel in Stanley

An Argentine businessman and partner of the US based Howard Johnson, with 37 hotels under that name in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, is attempting to refloat an old project to install a 40 rooms complex in the Falkland Islands, according to media reports in Buenos Aires.
Friday, April 28th 2017 - 09:50 UTC
Joint Statement from President Donald J. Trump and President Mauricio Macri

President Donald J. Trump hosted President Mauricio Macri of Argentina (Thursday 27 April) to discuss ways to deepen the close partnership between the United States and Argentina.