All posts tagged "World Trade Organisation"

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  WTO appoints Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as new director general

  The World Trade Organisation (WTO) appointed its first woman and first African director general, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Monday. Okonjo-Iweala takes the helm after the Biden administration endorsed her appointment

  • Posted February 19, 2021
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  EU-UK trade deal could take six years, says former WTO chief

  The former director of the World Trade Organisation has said that a comprehensive trade deal between the UK and the EU could take five to six years to complete. Pascal

  • Posted March 17, 2017
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  EU exports to South Korea increase by 55% after bilateral trade deal

  EU exports to South Korea have increased by 55%, and European companies have saved €2.8 billion (US$3.2 billion) in scrapped or discounted customs duties, since the European Union struck a

  • Posted July 4, 2016
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  Sir Paul Jenkins, former UK Treasury Solicitor: EU Referendum interview

  The EU referendum debate lacks hard facts on how any UK exit would be negotiated, says the British prime minister’s former chief legal adviser. And Sir Paul Jenkins tells Matt

  • Posted June 1, 2016
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