INTERNATIONAL NEWS
G20 calls for a more inclusive, fair and sustainable future of work
Declaration of the G20 Employment Ministerial Meeting
G20 encourages training in skills to tackle challenges posed by future of work
G20 ministers underscore importance of implementing coordinated policies
B20 at the G20 Resource Efficiency Dialogue Workshop in Puerto Iguazú
B20, presented its resource efficiency specific recommendations
G20 confirms importance of digital economy for global development
Joint declaration issued after the G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting in Salta
APEC advances trade vision relevant to the times
Target of free and open trade and investment in the region by 2020
APEC annual high-level meeting on health & the economy
APEC Health Working Group and the APEC Life Sciences Innovation Forum
G20-B20 Digital Economy Summit Buenos Aires
Joint event to contribute to strengthening of a global digital agenda for development
BRICS Declaration calls for full implementation of Paris Agreement & 2030 Agenda
The Johannesburg Declaration is structured around four key themes
WTO: DG Azevedo – Now is the time to speak up for trade and the trading system
There is real and justified concern about the escalation we are seeing
BFA to organize inaugural Global Health Forum in January 2019
For high-level dialogue and cooperation between political and business leaders
APEC: Ethics pacts provide timely boost to healthcare, trade
Landmark business ethics agreements, within Australia, China & Japan’s healthcare sectors
G20 Communiqué: Third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting
World’s main economies acknowledge trade as a key engine of economic growth
IMF: World Economic Outlook update – global expansion has plateaued
The escalation of trade tensions is the greatest near-term threat to global growth
OECD economic scenarios to 2060 illustrate the long-run benefits of structural reforms
Policy choices made today can have important positive effects on future living standards
WTO: Rate of new trade restrictions from G20 economies doubles
Azevêdo: Report’s findings should be of ‘real concern’ to the international community
OECD book, ‘Trade Facilitation and the Global Economy’, launched at WTO
Report also introduces OECD’s new Trade Facilitation indicators
B20 & IRP participate in Resource Efficiency workshop in Buenos Aires
Workshop entitled “Resource Efficiency: A Global and Local Perspective”
G20: Consensus reached at energy ministerial meeting, communiqué agreed upon
Countries have different possible pathways to achieve cleaner energy systems
B20: Energy, Resource Efficiency & Sustainability Task Force meeting held in Bariloche
In the framework of G20’s Meeting of Energy Ministers & the Latin American Energy Forum 2018
SCO: Joint communique of the heads of state on simplifying trade procedures
Significant potential for further developing mutual trade between the SCO member states
G7 Canada: The Charlevoix G7 Summit Communique
The next G7 Summit will be held in France in 2019
B20 attends WTO Trade Dialogues meeting in Geneva
Event gathered over 60 business representatives to discuss the challenges faced by global trade
Canadian B7 Committee opposes recent protectionist measures
In a letter expresses commitment of business federations to open and freer trade
OECD’s Ministerial Council calls to make multilateral co-operation work better for all
President Macron and Secretary-General Gurría open OECD Ministerial
APEC statement – outcomes of the 2018 APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade
Meeting chaired by Papua New Guinea Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Rimbink Pato
B20 Germany: Evaluation of the Hamburg G20 Leaders’ Declaration
Measuring the Responsiveness of the G20 to the B20 Recommendations
SPIEF 2018: St Petersburg International Economic Forum plenary session
The forum’s theme this year is Creating an Economy of Trust
G20 Foreign ministers give strong backing to multilateralism
Ministers discussed global governance, development and gender, among other issues
ASEAN: 15th anniversary of the ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership
Premier Li Keqiang reaffirms China’s commitment to strengthen strategic partnership
WTO: Committee works towards full implementation of the TFA
Current implementation rate of the Agreement stands at 59.7 per cent as of 2 May