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US Trade Representative Katherine Tai addresses the Geneva Graduate Institute on the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the global economy and US political priorities ahead of the 12th Ministerial Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, October 14, 2021. REUTERS / Denis Balibouse / Files BRUSSELS, Oct.21 (Reuters) – US trade negotiator Katherine Tai said …

Trade Minister Damien O’Connor has returned from a two-week trip to the US and the EU and says good progress has been made in trade negotiations. Minister of Commerce Damien O’Connor. Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas The main topic of interest of the trip was the progress of free trade negotiations with the EU. O’Connor …

The opportunities are plentiful in India for all investors and industry stakeholders with the current reset of the global supply chain and lucid and committed leadership in the country, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Sitharaman arrived here Friday evening after her visit to Washington DC where she attended the annual meetings of the World Bank …

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (Reuters) – The White House will lift COVID-19 travel restrictions for fully vaccinated international visitors on Friday from Nov. 8, ending historic restrictions that had barred much of the world from entering United States for as long as 21 months. Unprecedented travel restrictions have barred millions of visitors to the United States …

Australian musicians and concert promoters say they fear what the future holds if the federal government does not put in place a program to help them obtain event insurance related to the pandemic. Performers across the country hope to resume performing and touring, as the country moves closer to vaccination targets that would allow COVID …

The return to schools and offices boosted social spending in the UK in September, according to card transaction data which provides the strongest signs of normalization in spending habits since the start of the pandemic. Entertainment spending rose 28% last month compared to the same period in 2019, Barclaycard data showed on Tuesday. This is …

Honolulu, HI – Late yesterday, the Hawaii State Land and Natural Resources Board rejected an environmental impact statement to reopen the pet aquarium trade in O’ahu. Last year, the council rejected the aquarium industry’s initial EIA to reopen the aquarium collection in West Hawai’i for many of the same reasons, including a lack of scientific …

MITA-AZ co-founder David Fowler is hosting a cannabis industry charity golf tournament with donations going to Arizona Helping Hands. MITA-AZ hopes to raise more than $ 25,000 for Arizona Helping Hands, an organization that brings hope to children in foster care. The MITA-AZ team helps businesses in the Arizona cannabis industry by creating innovative networking …

The program, organized in consultation with the Construction Industry Training Council (CITB), will cover carpentry, tiling, painting and decorating and carte blanche activities over four days. The Try A Trade program also allows participants, from high schools involved in doorways2construction’s vocational education and training (VET) program, to familiarize themselves with TAFE SA facilities and learn …

PHILSTAR THE NEED for a creative industries law has been made more urgent by digitization, as industry needs to exploit the opportunities available to it in order to spur the industry’s recovery, a Commerce Department official said . “The crisis has accelerated digitization and we would like to take advantage of the opportunities offered by …