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Top oil producers may freeze output amid Omicron concerns
AFP, Published on 02/12/2021
» LONDON - Major oil producers are due to meet Thursday to decide on output levels from January onwards, which could be frozen as the new Covid variant Omicron sparks turmoil.
Hopes for WTO momentum as new boss takes charge
AFP, Published on 01/03/2021
» GENEVA: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes over the World Trade Organization on Monday amid hopes that she will spur the beleaguered body into addressing its towering challenges, including the pandemic-fuelled global economic crisis.
Nigeria's Okonjo-Iweala set to be first woman named WTO boss
AFP, Published on 15/02/2021
» GENEVA - Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala looks set to be confirmed Monday as the first woman and first African leader of the beleaguered World Trade Organization, a near-paralysed institution desperately needing a kick-start.
Path clears for Nigeria's Okonjo-Iweala as first woman WTO chief
AFP, Published on 06/02/2021
» GENEVA: US President Joe Biden's administration on Friday offered its "strong support" to Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO), clearing a path for her to become the body's first female and first African leader.
Underpaid migrant factory workers in Mae Sot launch legal action
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 22/09/2020
» A group of garment workers in Mae Sot who were illegally underpaid while making products for global brands including Starbucks and Walt Disney Co are taking legal action to demand compensation after losing their jobs last year.
Captainless WTO in troubled water with no land in sight
AFP, Published on 31/08/2020
» GENEVA: As Roberto Azevedo leaves the World Trade Organisation on Monday, the institution faces multiple crises without a captain -- a situation experts warn could drag on for months.
Global trade set to shrink 18.5% in Q2: WTO
AFP, Published on 23/06/2020
» GENEVA: Global trade is expected to drop around 18.5% year-on-year in the second quarter of this year in a huge coronavirus-driven plunge which nonetheless could have been much worse, the World Trade Organization said Tuesday.
Prescriptions for recovery
Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 20/04/2020
» In just four months since the emergence of a mystery virus in China, the world has become a dramatically different place. Covid-19 has become a household word in nearly every country on the planet, leaving a trail of sickness and death that has not been seen in decades.
Coronavirus plunges world economy into brutal recession
AFP, Published on 09/04/2020
» PARIS: Measures imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus are pushing the world economy into a recession deeper and more painful than initially expected, even if a rebound is still on the cards for next year.
Covid-19 fight needs clarity
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 30/03/2020
» The number of Covid-19 cases doesn't seem to slowing down anywhere except for China where the new coronavirus originated. But while the domestic outbreak seems to have been brought under control, imported cases had soared to 595 as of Friday, raising fears of a second wave and prompting Beijing to bar all foreign travellers.