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Cvr: World Tariff Profiles

World Tariff Profiles 2019

By World Trade Organization WTO, ITC, and UNCTAD

2019

John Pearson (R), Centerra Gold company's Vice President Investor Relations, looks on at the gold-mining plant at the Kumtor mine in Kyrgyzstan May 31, 2011. With around 100 sizeable gold fields mapped -- but never tapped -- by Soviet geologists, the country is ripe for a mining boom. Gold has doubled in value since 2007 and prices around $1,500 an ounce could help resuscitate an economy that contracted 1.4 percent last year after the revolution and ethnic violence that killed hundreds. Picture taken May 31, 2011. To match Special Report KYRGRZSTAN-MINING REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (KYRGYZSTAN - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS) - GM1E76S1HLY01

What’s holding back the Kyrgyz Republic private sector?

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Shoppers carry bags of purchased merchandise at the King of Prussia Mall, United States' largest retail shopping space, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 8, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Makela - RC19C3DD4450

Consumerism isn’t a sellout – if capitalism works for all

Richard V. Reeves

Friday, July 19, 2019

A technician inspects newly moulded bottles at the Guinness pop-up plant in Accra, July 2, 2014. Picture taken July 2, 2014. To match Insight CONSUMERS-MANUFACTURERS/AFRICA REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko (GHANA - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1EA7411EN01

What do automation and artificial intelligence mean for Africa?

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

A train launched to operate on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and financed by Chinese government arrives at the Nairobi Terminus on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi May 31, 2017.

SDGs offer business opportunities

Monday, July 1, 2019

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his speech as he and China's President Xi Jinping meet business leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo - RC14E55F28A0/File Photo - RC1164453C40

Can Trump’s Prosper Africa make America greater than China and other partners in Africa?

Landry Signé and Eric Olander

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at an event at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Jordan Gale - RC1AFE17D7B0

Joe Biden’s ideas to help the middle class

Ashley Schobert and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

How the Small Businesses Investment Company Program can better support America’s advanced industries

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Can the US and Africa prosper together?

Witney Schneidman and Jay Ireland

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Ajit Pai during an event on United States 5G deployment in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC19EF413F60

How the FCC lost a year in “the race to 5G”

Friday, June 14, 2019