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Labour unrests disrupt CEPZ operations as financial crisis hits factories
05 Jul 2025 16:37 GMT
Chattogram Export Processing Zone (CEPZ), one of the country's oldest and most stable industrial hubs, is facing escalating labour unrest as financial crises have gripped several factories, disrupting production and tarnishing the zone's reputation …
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Sri Lanka’s economic outlook positive but global trade concerns pose risks, IMF says
03 Jul 2025 14:33 GMT
… economic outlook remains positive, but global trade policy uncertainties pose significant risks … .
Sri Lanka, which plunged into financial crisis due to a record shortage … U.S., which imposed 44% import tariffs on about $3 billion …
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Delineation: Nigeria faces economic crisis as Itsekirs plot total shutdown of oil, gas facilities over moves by INEC to release " compromised final report "
02 Jul 2025 21:27 GMT
… indications have emerged that fresh economic crisis may hit Nigeria from Friday … gas facilities, including tank farms, export terminals, flow stations, depots, operational …
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Pakistan’s Borrowing Binge Cannot Mask Its Economic Crisis
02 Jul 2025 20:42 GMT
During the last few days, while state-dominated media in Pakistan saturated the airwaves with tales of diplomatic glory—from the downing of Indian jets to coverage of President Trump’s praise for Pakistan and his meeting with the army chief, from a seat on …
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OPEC+ Accelerates Oil Output Hike as Global Prices Slide
06 Jul 2025 13:08 GMT
… oil may ease Ghana’s import costs and inflation pressures, it … -leader Russia grapples with wartime economic turmoil.
For Ghana which produced 173 …
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‘The future of the Maghreb has a name: Rabat’
06 Jul 2025 08:29 GMT
… a geostrategic location and free trade agreements that facilitate access … place.
Although the 2006 Free Trade Agreement with North America … players during the 2008-2009 financial crisis.
‘Morocco's … for local use and export abroad.
It also reported …
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From Kananaskis to Abu Dhabi: The Global South’s Rise and China’s Normative Centrality
06 Jul 2025 08:22 GMT
… institutions; rather, by invoking free trade, the rules-based international … to its accession to the WTO, China was “socialised” … governance. Since the 2008 Financial Crisis—perceiving the terminal decline of … the UAE’s largest import source and among its …
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Lights! Camera! But not enough action in a fading, worried Hollywood
06 Jul 2025 00:17 GMT
… is California’s most iconic export, as synonymous with the state … productions would help offset the economic turmoil triggered by the wildfires. Rebuilding …
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Understanding Vietnam: The rising star
05 Jul 2025 23:37 GMT
… crisis. Rapid liberalization post WTO accession, the inability to … the US export market amid the global financial crisis were some … of the key reasons for the economic turmoil … an extensive network of free trade agreements (FTA). It …
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Shipping’s Climate Reckoning: The IMO’s $36 Billion Pivot
05 Jul 2025 15:01 GMT
… by market forces following the financial crisis, which led to a significant … manufacture green hydrogen locally for export, rather than prioritizing domestic decarbonization … global shipping sector and serve global trade?
[MB]: Well, we disagree about …