World’s 30 most competitive economies, according to WEF

Switzerland is the world’s most competitive economy for a ninth straight year, the Geneva-based World Economic Forum’s annual rankings showed on Wednesday. Following is a table showing the top 30 countries, according to the World Economic Forum. 1 Switzerland 2 United States 3 Singapore 4 Netherlands 5 Germany 6 Hong Kong 7 Sweden 8 United […]

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World Trade Organisation, WTO

Ireland supports Nigeria, others with €350,000 to join in WTO

Government of Ireland is giving out €350,000 (CHF 367,000) to Nigeria and other developing countries as part of efforts to encourage them participate in world trade. According to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the contribution from the government of Ireland was for WTO trade-related programmes to help developing countries and, in particular, least developed countries […]

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Western Union activates live digital service in 40 countries

Global funds transfer company, Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), has announced that it has further strengthened its global digital money transfer footprint, with the activation of its 40th wu.com transactional website, now providing full digital access for cross-border person-to-person (P2P) money transfer services across major developed nations including the US, Canada and major parts of […]

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