African nations are looking towards a prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development. African people want to eradicate poverty by increasing opportunities for youth employment, promoting modern agriculture, climate smart industrialization, leading socially responsible management of natural resources and by participating in the innovation drive promised by science, technology and research to address well documented strategic bottlenecks. This is ...

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement was passed with a bipartisan vote of 385-41, which was agreed by Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi and Trump. The new deal replaces the North American Free Trade Agreement, and tariffs on most agricultural products between the three countries remained at zero. The deal imposes stricter labor and environmental enforcement provisions and opens up more agricultural trade ...

The World Health Organization is organizing the Global Meeting to Accelerate Progress on SDG Target 3.4 on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health. The Meeting is hosted by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman from 9 to 12 December 2019 in Muscat. The World Health Organization is organizing the Global Meeting to Accelerate Progress on SDG Target 3.4 on Noncommunicable ...

A report suggests that major cities in U.S. will face recession by 2020. Trade disputes between U.S., Mexico, Canada, EU and China are some of the contributing factors for economic slowdown, leading to an uncertain future.  Although the Donald Trump administration stated that a partial trade agreement was on the cards with China, but they are yet to come to ...

Farmers experienced huge loss as a result of the trade war when Beijing imposed tariffs on a variety of U.S. agricultural products, including soybeans, corn and pork. In some cases, the Chinese market evaporated for American exporters, resulting in tumbling commodity prices, and big losses for U.S. farmers. To make up for some of these losses, the Trump administration has ...

The ongoing trade war seems to be reaching some breakthrough with negotiators from US and China trying to arrive at an interim deal. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce revealed that once the agreement is signed, both the countries may agree to eliminate the additional tariffs in a phased manner. Extensive discussions to end the trade war between US and China ...