2,800 tons of calcium chloride t

3.3 percent to 3 percent after its arrival in Japan,” said Liu Kun, business manager at the company, adding that tax reduction for the batch of exports amounted to nearly 10,000 yuan ($1,574).

cut customs duties by $180,000 for these companies.

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To improve standards of living and work The full employment of labour and other factors of production Accelerated, coordinated and sustained economic development and convergence Expansion of trade and economic relations with third States Enhanced levels of international competitiveness Organization for increased production and productivity Achievement of a greater measure of economic leverage Effectiveness of Member States in dealing with third States, groups of States and entities of any description The enhanced coordination of Member States’ foreign and foreign economic policies and enhanced functional cooperation.

end-of-summit Press conference on Wednesday clearly signalled that the elusive governance issue had once again emerged as a barrier the leaders are yet to scale. Diminishing credibility

four pillars of integration: functional cooperation, coordination of foreign policy, security collaboration, and economic integration, including Single Market trading arrangements

Those challenges included regional governance, institutional political representation and non-automaticity of financing regional institutions including the CARICOM Secretariat, he pointed out.

was central to the Region’s salvation given the explosion of pandemics, climate change and matters of global political economy. On that note, he singled out Community Institutions for praise, including the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), CARICOM IMPACS.

exacerbate already-high global inflation and disrupted global supply chains.

raise the tariff rate on certain Russian imports that have not been banned to 35 percent.

US imported $29.63 billion worth of goods from Russia in 2021, while exports stood at only $6.39 billion.

to address rising costs, including the impact of Putin’s price hike on farmers, and spur competition

Recent supply chain disruptions from the global pandemic to Putin’s u

rebuild the economy towards resilience, security, and sustainability

apan's stock market has surged and luxury cars are selling fast in Tokyo after eight years of economic stimulus under Abenomics, but that new wealth is concentrated in a small slice of society rather than broadly distributed, data show.

income disparity made worse by the pandemic. But he has offered few clues as to how he will do so.

Kimie Kobayashi, 55, who works at a childcare facility in Tokyo, says her wages haven't risen for four years

Nominal wages rose just 1.2 percent from 2012 through 2020, government data showed. Japanese households’ average wealth fell by 3.5 percent from 2014 to 2019 – although the top 10 percent of the wealthiest saw an increase, according to another government survey.

We’re seeing a clear rise in demand for luxury goods among the new rich,” said Takahiro Koike, a manager at the department store Isetan, referring to newly wealthy young entrepreneurs and other high earners.

Abenomics brought us investors huge profits as (central bank) money-pumping pushed up prices of financial securities,