For the first time in history, countries around the world have set a roadmap on how to support small businesses, setting a path for improving trade in ways that change lives.The unique needs of small businesses now have a dedicated, global platform: the inaugural Global SME Ministerial Meeting brought together more than 60 countries, giving shape...
AbstractThe environmental Kuznets curve postulates an invert ed-U relationship between environmental degradation and economic growth. And economic growth has been synon ymous with structural transformation. How do patterns of growth and structural transformation relate to carbon emis sions? Based on data across almost 100 countries between 1960 an...
At a special General Council meeting on 15 September, WTO members celebrated the entry into force of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, which commits members to curbing billions of dollars in annual spending on the most harmful subsidies that contribute to the depletion of marine fish stocks. Hailing the Agreement as a “landmark for global trade go...
1.We, the Ministers of Tourism and senior representatives of the G20 members, invited countries and International Organisations present in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa on 12 September 2025 to discuss and build consensus around policy priorities and concrete actions to advance a sustainable, inclusive and resilient tourism agenda that responds to the U...
The Governing Council today decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged. Inflation is currently at around the 2% medium-term target and the Governing Council’s assessment of the inflation outlook is broadly unchanged.The new ECB staff projections present a picture of inflation similar to that projected in June. They see headline inflation a...
1 OverviewTrade tariffs and related uncertainty contributed to strong fluctuations in economic activity during the first half of 2025, with frontloading of activity, especially in Ireland. The unwinding of these factors in the second half of the year is expected to entail further volatility, blurring signals of the underlying momentum of the euro area econ...
1. New report shows climate finance by multilateral development banks rose 10% in 2024 compared with previous year.2. MDBs’ climate finance for low- and middle-income economies increased 14% to more than $85 billion.3. Mobilised private finance for climate investments worldwide jumped 33% in 2024.Global climate finance by multilateral development ban...
Executive SummaryThe objective of this framework is to guide the ASEAN Member States, particularly ministries responsible for small and medium enterprise (SME) development and SME development agencies, in enhancing the capacities of businesses to develop inclusive business (IB) models and to cultivate talent that can support inclusive businesse...
新华社香港9月10日电（记者曹霁阳、刘英伦）由香港特别行政区政府与香港贸易发展局合办的第十届“一带一路”高峰论坛，10日在香港会议展览中心举行。论坛为期两天，以“合作求变 共建未来”为主题，汇聚超过90位来自共建“一带一路”国家和地区的政商界领袖及逾百个代表团，与会者逾6000人。9月10日在香港会议展览中心拍摄的第十届“一带一路”高峰论坛。新华社记者 陈铎 摄香港特区行...
第十屆「一帶一路高峰論壇」今日（九月十日）開幕，為期兩日，吸引超過6 000名參加者，包括超過90位政商界代表發言，以及逾100個代表團參與，共同探討商貿、投資、創科、綠色發展等多方面的發展機遇，其間促成約50份政府和企業合作備忘錄，創歷史新高，突顯香港作為「一帶一路」功能平台的角色。 香港特別行政區（特區）政府自二○一六年起舉辦論壇，是香港參與及助力共建「一...
