Tag: UNCTAD

• Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 09:16 UTC

  Strong jump in global 2021 trade of goods and services ,to pre-Covid-19 level, UNCTAD report

  

  The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD has published the Global Trade Update report, which shows that in 2021, world trade in goods remained strong and trade in services finally returned to its pre-COVID-19 levels.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  2021 was a good year for foreign direct investment in Chile, the highest since 2015

  

  Foreign Direct Investment, FDI, in Chile during the twelve months of 2021 reached US$ 16,782 billion, the best amount since 2015, according to the Central bank which added it represented a 95% increase over 2020. Overall it was 62% higher than the average of the last five years, and 16% above the 2003/2021 average.

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 22:23 UTC

  Freight costs will have an impact on 2022 Consumer Prices, UNCTAD report

  

  The recovery of the global economy is threatened by high freight rates, which are likely to continue in the coming months, according to UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2021, published this week.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  China in 20 years has become the world's factory and leading trade partner

  

  China has increased its global trade ninefold in the twenty years since joining the World Trade Organization, WTO, well ahead of the United States, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD.

• Monday, January 25th 2021 - 08:15 UTC

  Global FDI collapsed in 2020, down 37% for Latin America, and 2021 does not look much better, UNCTAD

  

  Global foreign direct investment (FDI) collapsed in 2020, falling 42% from US$ 1.5 trillion in 2019 to an estimated US$ 859 billion, according to a UNCTAD Investment Trends Monitor released on Sunday.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2020 - 12:09 UTC

  Investment inflows to Latina America forecasted to halve from US$ 164 billion

  

  Investment flows to Latin America are expected to halve in 2020 from the US$ 164 billion received last year, according to UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2020.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  UNCTAD anticipates value of global trade in second quarter will drop 27%

  

  A study carried out by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Unctad, pointed out that disruptions to the economic and social sectors by the pandemic have caused a dramatic decline in trade.

• Thursday, June 26th 2014 - 04:40 UTC

  UN agency warns Argentina debt ruling does not comply with US sovereign immunities act

  

  The United Nations trade and development agency UNCTAD said on Wednesday in a rare release that the recent U.S. court ruling on Argentina's debt erodes sovereign immunity and does not comply with the country's own U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

• Tuesday, September 6th 2011 - 20:11 UTC

  UN warn austerity measures and deficit cuts is pushing the world towards disaster

  

  The pursuit of austerity measures and deficit cuts is pushing the world economy towards disaster in a misguided attempt to please global financial markets, the annual report of the United Nations economic think-tank UNCTAD said on Tuesday.