OpenAI wants AI to slow down. Its own agents show whyAs the company investigates agents that bypassed controls and breached external systems, its new model launches raise questions about wheth...
28 Sep, 2026, 04.16 PM IST
Trade fragmentation could hit poor economies much harder than rich ones, WTO warnsGlobal trade fragmentation will severely impact the world's poorest economies. Least-developed countries could see GDP fall significantly b...
16 Sep, 2026, 06.46 PM IST
India’s WTO resistance risks slowing investment in developing nationsThe IFDA has backing from 131 WTO members, including 94 developing countries, and focuses on reducing red tape and making it easier to attr...
21 Aug, 2026, 10.44 PM IST
UN warns of higher food prices, cost-of-living if Strait of Hormuz shutsGlobal trade faces major risks as the United Nations warns of soaring food prices and living costs. Military actions in West Asia have disr...
11 Mar, 2026, 09.11 AM IST
UN eyes modest 2024 maritime trade growth, but future uncertainThe United Nations' trade and development agency, UNCTAD, highlighted in its annual report on maritime transport that the global economy, f...
23 Oct, 2024, 10.16 AM IST
India had favorable trade performance with EU, China in 2023: govtIndia's imports from China saw a 3% decline in calendar year 2023 compared to 2022, according to the commerce and industry ministry. Meanwh...
01 Apr, 2024, 10.09 PM IST
India’s trade dependence on China, EU rose in 2023: UNCTADIn 2023, India's trade reliance on China and the EU grew, while declining on Saudi Arabia. Global trade showed improvement in major economi...
22 Mar, 2024, 06.25 PM IST
Shipping industry has no easy path towards decarbonisation - UNCTADMore than 80% of the world's trade is done via shipping which contributes for about 3% of global carbon dioxide emissions. The industry has...
28 Sep, 2023, 10.14 AM IST
Global shipping growth at risk from economic gloom, UNCTAD saysThe slowdown is expected to impact shipping, which transports more than 80% of global trade, although tanker freight rates could stay high.
30 Nov, 2022, 10.20 AM IST
UNCTAD calls for climate waiver, peace clause for developing nations’ trade-related green measuresMost of the developed economies like Australia, Canada, European Union, Germany, Japan, and the United States, have higher carbon dioxide e...
28 Oct, 2021, 08.56 PM IST
Recovery in global trade to stall again in Q1-UN reportAfter lockdowns caused trade to shrink 15% in the first half of 2020, it rebounded in the second half, with global trade in goods up about ...
10 Feb, 2021, 11.55 AM IST
India recorded export growth of 4 per cent in Sept: UNCTADExport growth declined in India in the third quarter of 2020 relative to the same quarter last year but picked up pace in September, accord...
22 Oct, 2020, 10.01 AM IST
Global trade fell 3% in first quarter of 2020 due to COVID-19: UNCTADPlummeting fuel prices were the main driver of the steep decline, plunging 33.2 per cent in March, while prices of minerals, ores, metals, ...
14 May, 2020, 09.22 AM IST
World economy on shaky ground; trade war sign of 'deeper malaise': UN reportThe report by UNCTAD also said that trade tariff tussle between the two major economies, the US and China, is a symptom of a "deeper malais...
26 Sep, 2018, 08.47 PM IST
- 'Digital divide' widens between rich and poor countries: UNCTAD
The "digital divide" between rich and poor countries is growing with developing countries still far behind in the use of broadband internet...
07 Feb, 2008, 02.46 PM IST
- Commexes in India, China take the centrestage now
Indian and Chinese commodity exchanges are becoming major players in global markets, the UNCTAD has said.
07 Sep, 2007, 12.00 AM IST
- Growth story continues at 8%: UNCTAD
UNCTAD has estimated India’s economic growth for the financial year at 8.5% compared to 10.5% for China.
06 Sep, 2007, 02.44 AM IST