Article From：Dhaka Tribune Supply chain disruption has been the biggest challenge faced by businesses across the globe Bangladeshi export oriented apparel and footwear manufacturers have seen a 77% decline in revenues due to the Covid-19...

Article From：EURACTIV A new corporate tax could raise 10 billion a year to help fund stimulus plans while amounting to less than 0.2% of turnover of large companies that benefit from the European Unions single market, the blocs executive...

Article From：European Commission According to the updated Commission estimates, the coronavirus pandemic will result in a decrease in global trade between 10%-16% in 2020. For the EU27, the predicted reduction is expected to be between 9%...

Article From：European Commission About this consultation Feedback period 11 March 2020 - 15 July 2020 (midnight Brussels time) Topic Trade Target audience a) The business sector in the EU and in non-EU countries, including business associ...

Article From：supply chain dive Months into the pandemic, the U.S. faces an ongoing shortage of PPE and some of it is still subject to tariffs. Gojo Industries, which makes Purell, builds automated hand sanitizer dispensers in the U.S. The...

Article From：joc.com The drop in US imports from China that has been under way for the past two years accelerated in the first four months of 2020 as the US-China trade war and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) took a toll on trade...

Article From：ajot.com To help coordinate implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which enters into force on July 1, U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently opened the USMCA Center. Staffed with CBP experts from op...

Article From：WTO The volume of world merchandise trade is likely to fall precipitously in the first half of 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts the global economy, according to the WTO Goods Trade Barometer released on 20 May. The inde...

Article From：WTO The WTOs Annual Report, published today (28 May), provides a comprehensive account of the organizations activities in 2019 and early 2020. The Report opens with a message from Director-General Roberto Azevdo and a brief o...

Article From：WTO The WTO Secretariat has published an information note looking at how micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It notes the impact of supply chain disruptions on MSMEs...

Article From：WTO After careful consideration of COVID-19 related uncertainties and health concerns, the WTO has decided to cancel this years WTO Public Forum, scheduled for 29 September to 2 October. This decision responds to the complexi...

Article From：Chamber Business News The United States and the United Kingdom have opened up negotiations over a free trade deal that both sides agree could help their economies recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Business leaders and ad...

Article From：Fibre2Fashion Though the COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in delays in negotiations, major progress on a China-Norway free trade agreement (FTA) is expected this year, according to Norways minister of trade and industry Iselin...

Article From：EURACTIV Talks on a post-Brexit trade deal between the EU and the UK appear to be on the brink of collapse after the chief negotiators from the two sides blamed each other on Friday (15 May) for the stalemate at the heart of...

Article From：European Commission The European Union and Mexico concluded today the last outstanding element of the negotiation of their new trade agreement. Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan and Mexican Minister of Economy Graciela Mrquez Col...

Article From：Fibre2Fashion Ahead of the first virtual bilateral summit between Prime Ministers of India and Australia on June 4, Indian apparel exporters have requested for an early Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) sayi...

Article From：World Footwear Were seeing a massive acceleration towards e-commerce adoption Visas Chief Product Officer Jack Forestell said to marketwatch.com, as the Covid-19 pandemic works as a facilitator for trends that were already gr...

Article From：SGB Media Adidas said that in Greater China, the companys first major market on the road to recovery, all its own- and partner-operated stores have been open since mid-April. While store traffic remained below the prior-year...

Article From：SGB Media The English Premier League, the most-watched league in the world, has agreed to a provisional return on June 17. Due to COVID-19, matches will take place behind closed doors. It ends a two-month break to Englands to...

Article From：SGB Media According to a report compiled by The NPD Group, key camping, RV, and road trip essentials are seeing double- and triple-digit growth as national parks and other areas around the country begin to reopen. With the av...