[Publication: The WTO has highlighted a range of COVID-19 impacts on world trade in recent reports on, The SDG Update compiles the news, commentary and upcoming events that are published on the SDG Knowledge Hub each day, delivering information on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to your inbox. According to the report, the average tariff applied by WTO members to all medical products is 4.8%, with the highest tariffs (11.5% on average) being applied to personal protective products. To date, 120 countries and one economic grouping are … World Investment Report 2020 INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION BEYOND THE PANDEMIC Global flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) will be under severe pressure this year as … FDI is projected to decrease by a further 5–10 per cent in 2021 and to initiate a recovery in 2022. This would bring FDI below $1 trillion for the first time since 2005. With less than a decade left to the agreed deadline of 2030, this makes it all the more important to evaluate the implications of the expected changes in the investment landscape over the coming years.As such, this year’s World Investment Report is required reading for policymakers and an important tool for the international development community. report, jointly prepared by the OECD and UNCTAD Secretariats, covers investment and investment-related measures that G20 Members have taken between 16 October 2019 and 15 May 2020. This would bring FDI below $1 trillion for the first time since 2005.
In April 2020, the number of cross-border M&As targeting developed economies was 53 per cent lower than the monthly average of 2019. As some arbitrations are kept confidential, the actual number of disputes filed in 2019 and previous years is higher. Cooperation will be crucial; sustainable development depends on a global policy climate that remains conducive to cross-border investment.The World Investment Report, now in its thirtieth year, supports policymakers by monitoring global and regional FDI trends and documenting national and international investment policy developments. The report notes that the COVID-19 pandemic “has highlighted the importance of easy access to affordable medical products” and that shortages of essential products and increased prices “have made it all the more challenging for countries to combat the crisis.” The relevant chapter discusses the bound and applied tariffs for medical products such as medicines and medical technology, critical for the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Crisp news summaries and articles on current events about UNCTAD for IBPS, Banking, UPSC, Civil services.
Report on the distance learning course on International Merchandise Trade Statistics 2020 Page 3 of 85 Figure 1. Each one-page tariff profile contains information on tariffs imposed by each economy on its imports, with disaggregation by sectors and duty ranges, and includes an analysis of the market access conditions each economy faces in its major export markets.The publication features summary tariff and trade statistics for all countries and territories for all products, including a breakdown into agricultural and non-agricultural products, and information on non-tariff measures such as safeguards and anti-dumping measures, which, the report notes, “are of increasing importance in international trade.” Statistics for all countries and territories are presented in standardized tables, which, the report states, allows for easy comparisons between economies, between sectors, and, specifically for WTO members, between bound and applied tariffs.The “special topic,” which presents a new subject in each edition, deals with market access for medical goods and COVID-19 medical supplies.
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World Investment Report 2020 - International Production Beyond the Pandemic Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows are forecast to decrease by up to 40% in 2020, from their 2019 value of $1.54 trillion, according to UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2020.
Map showing participants registered to the online course by their country of residence Background UNCTAD has been active in providing knowledge development and capacity building programmes to developing countries for over four decades. Economy Foreign direct investment into Latin America and the Caribbean will fall by 50 per cent in 2020, when it reached US$164 billion, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s World Investment Report 2020. This is in line with the World Trade Organization (WTO), which … Excerpts may only be used with appropriate academic citation and a link back to the corresponding article/page used.