U.S. congressional leaders sought to forge a $52 billion bipartisan deal on Tuesday to subsidize U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and boost U.S. competitiveness with Chinese technology. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, both Democrats, met with House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to try to hammer out […]
Hoy, el Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (Dane) revelará el dato más reciente en materia de importaciones. El último reporte de la entidad indicó que las importaciones de Colombia fueron de US$7.063 millones CIF (costo, seguro y flete) para el mes de marzo. El primer trimestre tuvo importaciones por US$14.284 millones con un aporte principal […]
The World Trade Organization’s members approved on Friday a package of trade deals, including pledges on health, reform and food security, struck after more than five days of negotiations. Representatives of the 164 countries cheered after the package was passed before Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala addressed them early on Friday. “The package of agreements […]
La cancelación unilateral de las relaciones comerciales entre Argelia y España afecta a sectores muy concretos de la economía nacional. Son las semimanufacturas, la metalurgia y la automoción. Más allá de la compra de gas argelino, el intercambio de bienes y servicios entre ambos países es escaso. En 2019, justo antes de la pandemia, el total de […]
The European Union is looking to Israel to help reduce its energy dependence on Russia following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in Jerusalem on Tuesday. “We want to boost our energy cooperation with Israel,” the head of the EU executive said in a joint press briefing […]
El Gobierno español está estudiando la posibilidad de denunciar a Argelia ante la Unión Europea, según fuentes gubernamentales. El Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores cree que la congelación unilateral de los intercambios comerciales con España puede vulnerar el Acuerdo Euromediterráneo de 2005, que estableció un régimen de asociación preferente entre la Comunidad Europea y Argelia. El ministro […]
Food import bills will reach a record high this year and food markets are likely to tighten around the world, according to a glum new forecast by a U.N. food agency. The Food Outlook, issued twice a year by the Food and Agriculture Organization, also found that “many vulnerable countries are paying more but […]
Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Monday said fighting inflation is a more complicated issue than can be addressed with a “singular focus” on China tariffs, and that it was important to bring a “thoughtful, strategic, deliberate” approach to the U.S.-Chinese trade relationship. Tai, in remarks to the Washington International Trade Association, said inflation was “scary” […]
El Perú agilizará y facilitará las operaciones comerciales con 10 países de las Américas y el Caribe, gracias a la suscripción del Acuerdo de Reconocimiento Mutuo (ARM) entre la Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria (Sunat) y las instituciones aduaneras de Argentina, Brasil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Paraguay, República Dominicana y Uruguay. […]
The United States will launch new trade talks with Taiwan, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, just days after the Biden administration excluded the Chinese-claimed island from its Asia-focused economic plan designed to counter China’s growing influence. Washington and Taipei will “move quickly to develop a roadmap” for the planned U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade […]