International

  • Dec 11, 2019
  • 2 min read

International climate finance will be insufficient

Climate finance has been boosted by the Green Climate Fund replenishment, but still falls far short of what is required

International
  • Dec 11, 2019
  • 2 min read

Central banks will be slow to drop targeting prices

Calls are mounting for the euro-area, Japanese and US central banks to review their 2% inflation targets

International
  • Dec 10, 2019
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WTO dispute resolution may be powerless through 2020

The retirement of two of the three remaining WTO judges will render the dispute settlement process powerless

International
  • Dec 9, 2019
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WTO may extend digital trade tariff ban moratorium

A 20-year moratorium on imposing tariffs on digital transactions expires at end-2019, with disagreement on extending it

International
  • Dec 6, 2019
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Slimmer US trade gap raises further fears

The US goods trade deficit narrowed in October, largely due to imports falling faster than exports

International
  • Dec 6, 2019
  • 1 min read

Prospects for digital privacy in 2020-24

Online privacy will be a key political battleground in the coming years

International
  • Dec 5, 2019
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Prospects for global trade in 2020-24

The US-China trade conflict and fears for WTO functionality are disrupting multilateralism, but regional deals progress

International
  • Dec 4, 2019
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Services surveys see world services growth stabilising

The services PMIs for November suggest that global services activity will stabilise if not improve markedly

International