The country’s attempt to export power to its neighbouring countries will suffer a major setback if tariff differentials between independent power producers (IPPs) signed in Ghana and those in the...
The Trump administration will enforce trade rules more aggressively than any previous government in its efforts to reduce the trade deficit, but does not seek a dispute, Commerce Secretary Wilbur...
Small business owners trying to break into international markets say US trade policies and the strong dollar affect their ability to export, states a report released Tuesday. The exchange rate "has...
Africa’s young, dynamic population does, however, possess the potential to lead an economic revival Without urgent action to address stagnating levels of competitiveness, Africa’s economies will...
It is on record that Ghana loses more than $8.3 million in revenue at the ports through fraudulent activities of some importers who pocket the money into their private pockets with the connivance of...
The Africa Competitiveness Report 2017, released by the World Economic Forum on Thursday, has identified corruption and lack of access to funding as major problematic factors for doing business in...
The US trade deficit drifted lower in March despite record imports from Mexico and a drop in total exports, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Rising oil import prices, which hit a near...
President Donald Trump will sign a decree Saturday ordering a review of "violations and abuses" of international trade pacts signed by the United States, including the World Trade Organization,...
President Donald Trump's threat to abandon the North American Free Trade Agreement has US farmers worried their access to prime Canadian and Mexican export markets could shrink. The US neighbors are...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has backed moves for laws to compel the Minerals Commission to submit data on export proceeds from gold to guide the tracking of export receipts. The central bank believes...
Trade tensions between the United States and Canada ramped up Tuesday after US President Donald Trump threatened to retaliate against the US neighbor for additional restrictions it imposed on US...
Trading on the proposed Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) Market, which is aimed at providing a ready market for grains and cereal producers, is expected to commence this year, following government’s...
Businesses in the Central and Western regions must strategize to take advantage of opportunities that abound in the region to promote domestic trade, Mr. Fredrick Alipui, Chairman of Accra Chamber of...
Global finance leaders from the IMF and World Bank have dropped a pledge to fight trade protectionism from the closing note of their spring meetings. An IMF statement said members would "work...
With fears rising that the Trump administration will follow through on its threats to raise trade barriers, world finance ministers are united on one message: protectionism threatens the global...
The Group of 20 major economies sent a message Friday on the threat that rising protectionism poses to the global economy, but the United States cast doubt over its adherence to that stance. US...
With a score of 3.04, Ghana placed 21st in Africa in the latest Global Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) which measures the most competitive and travel and tourism destination. The...
A Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Carlos Ahenkorah has observed that Ghana as a country and signatory to the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement is too tiny to accommodate two Single Window...
A Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Carlos Ahenkorah, says Ghana, a signatory to the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement is too small a country to have two Single Window operators. He has,...
A Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Carlos Ahenkorah, says Ghana is too tiny to accommodate two single window operators in the country’s ports. The Ghana Single Window is a secure trade...
