On 14 May, World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Robert Azevêdo announced that he would step down on 31 August, cutting short his second term in office by exactly one year. The organisation then opened the door for respective governments (...)
It is expected that trade on the African continent will commence within the rules of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on 1 July unless otherwise decided amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic a year after its operational phase was (...)
Throughout the history of the global economy, crises have played a pivotal role in encouraging the international community to look for mechanisms to adjust it and to develop the framework within which it functions. The establishment of the World (...)
Sayed Moawad Attia* discusses how Egypt could manage the implications of the global financial crisis
It is important that we face the fact that the financial crisis will no doubt bring negative consequences on the growth rate, employment, inflows of (...)