EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said that negotiations will continue with the new U.S. administration after November's elections and the much-debated trade deal between the European Union and the United States is not dead.   After resistance from Belgian local governments led to a...

After internal divisions in just one country threatened to block the European Union of 500 million people sealing the landmark deal, Belgium’s regions agreed to a free trade pact with Canada ending weeks of uncertainty.   The regions and linguistic communities had drafted a four-page...

Third quarter report of European Bank show positive results for some. Reports on Reuter show that in an environment set by “low interest rate”, the bank of Europe began to report the results of “third quarter”, whereby Laura Frykberg informed that “Lloyds Banking Group” came as a surprise to many,...

Annual update on the list of World Bank observes new movements in their positions. Pushing out Singapore off the list, New Zealand occupies the place of the country wherein it is “easiest” to do business as per the “World Bank's latest rankings”. Moreover, many “emerging market countries” also...

Doing Business ranking includes 190 countries. The rating ranges its participants not only from the 1st to 190th place. IFC also counts absolute result close to optimum performance. A high score indicates an efficient environment for business and more robust legal institutions. Positions of the...

Aging population is a problem of economies with a combined share of 78% of world GDP (64% of GDP at purchasing power parity), believe analysts of Morgan Stanley. Global growth of the working age population is slowing down. In 2016 it was 1% against 1.6% on average annually over the previous 20...

The European Union and Canada still appeared to be holding out hopes of a summit to sign off on the deal despite Belgium declaring on Monday that it could not formally back a free trade deal between the European Union and Canada because of an internal dispute.   The Comprehensive Economic...

Following the failure of the Belgian federal government to win the consent of French-speaking regional authorities, the European Union's hopes of signing a landmark free trade deal with Canada this week appeared to evaporate on Monday.   To resolve the impasse, Belgian Prime Minister Charles...

A political currency that never seems to lose its value in Germany is fretting about inflation.   The savings of the people of Germany are in for a renewed onslaught from accelerating consumer prices and this has been re-enforced in at least three national newspapers have run prominent...