Russia is Now India’s Number Two Supplier of Oil By infostormer – June 14, 2022 0 Russia is now the second largest supplier of oil to India, a country with a billion or so people. Here are some Indians talking about the great energy deal Russia has given India. Once again, if the West won’t […]
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U.S. Defense Secretary, Chinese Defense Minister Trade Warnings over Taiwan
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe traded warnings over the weekend on Taiwan. Views: 0
Nancy Pelosi Threatens to Block Brexit Trade Deal, Sides with EU on Northern Ireland
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has threatened to block a free trade deal with Britain should the UK scrap some sections of the Northern Ireland Protocol, a controversial section of the Brexit agreement that has empowered the European Union to effectively divide the United Kingdom. Views: 0
Archaeologists Stumble Upon Key Romano-British Trade Center
Archaeologists performing excavations near Bishop’s Stortford, an historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, have uncovered the ruins of a Romano-British settlement that served as a commercial center along a Roman roadway Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later Views: 0
Olbia: Greek, Scythian, Roman Trade Center That Had Dolphin Money
Olbia (also spelled Olvia) began as an ancient Greek colony on the northern coast of the Black Sea, in the southern part of modern-day Ukraine. Olbia was famous as an emporium, and the importance of trade to the settlement is reflected in the coinage found at the site. The Olbians minted their own coins, the […]
Monthly non-oil trade value up 25 yr/yr
Monthly non-oil trade value up 25 yr/yr – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – The value of Iran’s non-oil trade rose 25 percent during the ninth month of the current Iranian calendar year (November 22-December 21, 2021), as compared to the same month in the past year, the spokesman of Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced. […]
Armenia lifts Turkish trade ban as officials hint at a thaw in their relations
Armenia has lifted an embargo on Turkish imports and is to allow direct flights to Istanbul as the two countries prepare for talks on normalising their relations. Representatives from Turkey and Armenia are due to meet in Moscow next month as officials on both sides hinted at a thaw. The border between the two countries […]
A year since Brexit: Will new UK import controls complicate trade further?
The British government has repeatedly delayed implementing many controls on EU imports required under international rules as a result of Brexit. But that is about to change in 2022 — causing an additional headache for businesses adapting to the new world. January 1 brings new customs formalities including some checks on products entering Britain from […]
‘Never Been Weaker’: U.S. Trade Deficit ‘Mushroomed to a Record’ in November
The U.S. trade deficit, wherein the cost of imported goods exceeds the value of exported goods, “mushroomed to a record in November” and will likely continue for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. The widened gap comes one month after the value of exports had a “historic gain” just one month prior in October, according […]
Clotilda, the Last Ship Used in U.S. Slave Trade Found Remarkably Intact
The remains of the last known active slave ship in the United States have been marooned in the mud at the bottom of the Mobile Delta for more than 160 years. Since the wreckage of the ship known as the Clotilda was first discovered in 2019, underwater archaeologists and historians have been closely studying the […]
Long-Distance Trade Revealed at Medieval Danish Viking Center
Revolutionary new advances in radiocarbon dating techniques have enabled scientists to more precisely determine the chronology and dynamics of Viking Age trade networks based on a medieval Danish Viking center near Ribe, Denmark. To be published today in the journal Nature, the Danish Viking center study uses a technique that pinpoints radiocarbon data to a […]
Kunta Kinteh – The African Island at the Heart of the Slave Trade
Not many people know of the Gambia. The smallest country of mainland Africa, this small nation can seem quite unremarkable at first glance, being confined only to the length of the Gambia River and surrounded entirely by the much larger nation of Senegal. But once you take a glimpse into this small nation’s history, you […]
New trade corridor connecting Iran and Europe
19 Dec 2021 Net Source: Agencies By Al Mayadeen The Iranian ambassador to Baku says a new trade corridor will be activated this week linking Iran and Europe via Azerbaijan. The new corridor comes after the revival of the ECO and the INSTC corridor Iran’s ambassador to Baku, Abbas Mousavi, announced Saturday that the new […]
Australia, Britain sign free trade agreement
Australia and Britain signed a free trade agreement Friday that will eliminate almost all taxes on exports between the countries. The FTA was signed at a virtual ceremony by Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan in Adelaide and Britain’s Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan in London. The deal abolishes 99% of taxes on […]
Japan Trade Recovers as Supply Chain Troubles Ease
TOKYO—Japan’s exports jumped 20 percent and imports rose at an even faster pace in November as disruptions to manufacturing supply chains eased. Preliminary trade data reported Thursday showed imports surging nearly 44 percent from a year earlier, pulling the country into a deficit, as surging oil prices pushed costs sharply higher. Iron and steel exports […]
Australia’s Trade Minister Confident With Nation’s Urea Supply
Federal Trade Minister Dan Tehan is confident Australia’s urea supply will be unaffected as the federal government seeks to secure the crucial diesel exhaust ingredient from other countries. Tehan has also urged businesses not to hoard Adblue—a brand of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) containing urea used in many trucks and modern diesel vehicles—in order to […]
Biden’s China Trade Policy Should Be Revised Put More Effective Pressure on Beijing: Experts
News Analysis Tariffs on products and goods imported from or exported to China have undeniably sent a strong message to Xi Jinping’s regime about its chronic human rights abuses and violations of the terms of its World Trade Organization (WTO) membership. Though they are well-intentioned and have had some impact on Beijing’s conduct, it may […]
Talks held to facilitate trade
Talks held to facilitate trade – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN — Iran’s top diplomat for economic affairs met on Wednesday with certain officials responsible for facilitating economic trade. Mehdi Safari held talks with Alireza Peyman Pak, Deputy Industry Minister and Head of the Trade Promotion Organization (TPO), representatives of the Food and Drug Administration, Vice President for […]
Illicit small arms trade fuels terrorism: Iran
Illicit small arms trade fuels terrorism: Iran – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations said on Monday that illicit trade in small arms and light weapons not only exacerbates violence in all its forms, but also fuels crime and terrorism across the world. “We share the concerns about humanitarian, socio-economic and […]