Tag: Trade and exchanges
Jérôme de France, a cheeky entrepreneur with “pragmatic madness”
An innate commercial flair and a good dose of daring led him to become the French leader in ink cartridges for printers. Without ever leaving Picardy, his native land. Jérôme…
the government announces the cessation of exports of certain products
The Bolivian government announced on Wednesday evening the cessation of exports of products such as soy derivatives and beef. A decision in response to the blockages that paralyze Santa Cruz,…
in defense of producers, Ivory Coast and Ghana boycott a summit in Brussels
There will be no Ivorian and Ghanaian officials this Wednesday, October 26 in Brussels for the opening of the meeting of the partners of the World Cocoa Foundation. Accra and…
a new code to identify sales in gun stores
VISA, the world’s largest payment processor, along with Mastercard and American Express, announced on Saturday September 10 that it is setting up a separate category for US firearms retailers. This…
Europeans pave way for ‘unprecedented’ emergency measures
European energy ministers said they were in favor this Friday, September 9, of a series of emergency measures to stem the rise in gas and electricity bills, even mentioning a…
Gazprom announces an agreement with China for the purchase of Russian gas in rubles and yuan
The strategic partnership between Moscow and Beijing is gradually strengthening. The Russian gas giant Gazprom announced Tuesday, September 6 the signing of an agreement under which China will now pay…
Chancellor Olaf Scholz breaks unpopularity records in polls
Record unpopularity for Olaf Scholz in Germany. The Chancellor, who came to power in December 2021, is now only supported by a quarter of the public. The challenges are piling…
dockworkers at england’s biggest freight port join strike against inflation
In the UK, inflation-linked strikes continue in transport, post and now dockworkers. Employees are demanding wage increases in line with the price increase, which in July reached 10.1% over one…
the government defends its policy on vanilla
While the vanilla sector has been the subject of numerous debates in recent weeks in Madagascar, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Consumption spoke about the reforms undertaken to stabilize…
The port of Rouen, an emergency breadbasket in the face of the crisis
Our summer series dedicated to the ports of the world takes us to Rouen, in the north-west of France. The leading grain port in Western Europe, it is carried despite…