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Who is profiting from US-Chinese trade tensions?

Who is profiting from US-Chinese trade tensions?

4 Feb 2019
A new UNCTAD study shows which countries are expected to gain - at least in certain sectors - from the United States and Chinese tariff hikes.
Trade wars: The pain and the gain

Trade wars: The pain and the gain

4 Feb 2019

Amid tit for tat tariff hikes between the United States and China,, trade is being diverted and a handful of countries will capture a slice of the giants' exports, UNCTAD estimates.
Mission to unlock Africa's services sector

Mission to unlock Africa's services sector

1 Feb 2019

African countries must level up on their ability to measure services trade and use services to grow their economies and value chains.
Three cool new statistics tools from UNCTAD

Three cool new statistics tools from UNCTAD

31 Jan 2019

UNCTADstat has been hard at work building a series of innovative statistics tools which present fascinating insights in a new way.
Four trends for the emerging African intelligentsia to note

Four trends for the emerging African intelligentsia to note

29 Jan 2019

Address by Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD
Map sheds light on state of data protection around the globe

Map sheds light on state of data protection around the globe

28 Jan 2019
The UNCTAD Global Cyberlaw Tracker maps e-commerce legislation like data protection and online privacy in 194 countries.
China’s belt and road isn’t like the Marshall Plan, but Beijing can still learn from it

China’s belt and road isn’t like the Marshall Plan, but Beijing can still learn from it

25 Jan 2019
Written by
Richard Kozul-Wright, Director of Globalisation and Development Strategies and Daniel Poon, Economist (UNCTAD)
Learning to scale fisheries for better livelihoods

Learning to scale fisheries for better livelihoods

22 Jan 2019
Least developed countries are finding out from Viet Nam how fisheries sector opportunities can transform their economies.
Global economic growth has peaked, set to stay at 3% in 2019-2020

Global economic growth has peaked, set to stay at 3% in 2019-2020

21 Jan 2019
Economic prospects threatened by weak support for multilateralism, tight financial conditions and trade tensions, says new UN World Economic Situation and Prospects report.
Global foreign investment flows dip to lowest levels in a decade

Global foreign investment flows dip to lowest levels in a decade

21 Jan 2019
Developed nations feel the pinch as foreign direct investment (FDI) bottoms out in 2018 to levels last seen during the global financial crisis.
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