Trump Threatens Tax On EU Cars
US President Donald Trump has stepped up his war of words over trade tariffs, threatening to “apply a tax” on imports of cars from the European Union. Mr Trump said other countries had taken...
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US Republicans Abandon Border Adjustment Tax Proposal
The White House on Thursday abandoned a proposal to create a border adjustment tax which it had touted as a way of dealing with unfair competition from imports, but was strongly opposed by US...
India Trade To See Boost By Transit System
India has become the 71st country to ratify the United Nations TIR Convention . Managed and developed by IRU, the world road transport organisation, TIR is the global standard for goods customs...
China and US Think Thank Confer Over Useful Cooperation
Chinese and US experts from think tanks and political circles stressed the importance of more investment in each other while discussing the approaches to enhance mutually beneficial cooperation at a...
Illegal, Unregulated Fishing Vessels Deserve Severe Sanctions
The President of the Republic, Nana Akufo-Addo, has strongly advocated for enhanced international co-operation for effective monitoring, and a severe sanctions regime to address the problem of...
Sanction Owners of Illegal Fishing Vessels – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has strongly advocated for enhanced international co-operation for effective monitoring, and a severe sanctions regime to address the problem of illegal and...
WTO Says US Failed To Fully Comply In Boeing Subsidies Dispute
The World Trade Organization said Friday the United States had not fully complied with a 2012 ruling ordering it to halt subsidies to Boeing, in a partial victory for rival aircraft maker Airbus and...
Akufo-Addo Advocates Severe Sanctions Against Illegal, Unregulated Fishing
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has advocated a severe sanction regime against those engaged in illegal and unregulated fishing as a means to addressing the problem. “The growing incidence of...
EU’s Juncker Opens China Summit Vowing To Uphold Paris Deal
China and the EU are sending the world a signal there can be "no backsliding" on the Paris climate pact, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Friday after the US pullout from the...
Will Ghana Get A Factory In Every District?
When Nana Addo Dankwa Afufo-Addo, announced a year ago, as the leading opposition contender for the presidency, that if elected to the highest office in Ghana he would ensure that a factory was...
US Launches Probe Into Imports of Photovoltaic Cells
The United States has launched an investigation into imports of photovoltaic or solar cells, to determine if they pose a threat to American industry, the World Trade Organisation said on Monday. "The...
A Trump Triumph Or Rehashed News?
The new trade agreement unveiled Friday between China and the United States is yet another olive branch from the Trump White House to Beijing, but some skeptics wonder how long the cooperative tone...
Business Cost To Reduce At Ports
The Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Isaac Crentsil, has assured businesses that his outfit will ensure reduction in the time and cost of doing business at...
Trade Facilitation Has Enhanced Ghana’s Development — Kyerematen
Trade and Industry Minister, Mr Alan Kyerematen, has stated that the implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) by the government has boosted the country’s economic development. That,...
High Cost of Computer Software In Ghana
The American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) has bemoaned the unduly high cost of computer software in Ghana, saying the development is increasing the taste for pirated software. The Chamber in a press...
US To Review Trade Pacts, Looking At ‘abuses’
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,...
Trump Launches Investigation Into Steel Dumping
Donald Trump has launched an investigation into countries that export steel to the US, raising the prospect of new tariffs on imports. It is designed to stop countries from flooding the US with...
Trump Orders Steel Imports Probe In ‘fight For American Workers’
President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered an expedited probe into US steel imports in a bid to bolster "America First" production and jobs -- a move that risks trade blowback from steel-making giant...
Ghana Cannot Contain Two Single Window Operators
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...
Ghana Too Small To Have Two Single Window Operators
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,...