Illicit trade in tobacco products — II
19.1 percent of Pakistani population, which includes 31.8 percent of men and 5.8 percent of women, consume tobacco in one form or the other. Among these tobacco consumers, 9.6 percent…
In Iraq’s Mosul, wholesale market revives trade legacy
Mountains of kitchen supplies, back-to-back butchers: the historic wholesale market in Iraq’s Mosul is battling the odds — from extremists to epidemic — to revive the city’s reputation as a…
Venezuelan petrochemicals arrive in US despite Washington trade curbs
Venezuelan petrochemicals produced by joint ventures between state-run chemical firm Pequiven and foreign partners have arrived in the United States, despite Washington’s efforts to limit trade with the OPEC oil…
Hitting the bottle: Trump’s trade battles slow Kentucky’s bourbon boom
Just a few months ago, Kentucky bourbon was taking the world by storm. Long a quaint drink for grandfathers, the quintessentially American spirit made with local corn and the bluegrass…
A fair-trade world
RECENTLY, the World Bank authorised a loan of Rs84 billion to Pakistan. The money was apparently disbursed from the Resilient Institutions for Sustainable Economy programme to the State Bank of…
Trade obstacles
A JAN 24, 1978, story from an Indian publication talks about a proposal, conveyed to Pakistan by India’s then external affairs minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, to “extend Pakistan transit facilities…
America’s trade wars
Tariffs were used as a tool in these trade wars to reduce the deficit, boost local manufacturing and encourage consumers to buy American products by making imported goods more expensive…
Trade policy: old wine, new bottle?
The news is that the Engineer wants a revamped Strategic Trade Policy Framework by year-end. The view is it will be more of the same: tall on promise couched in…
China presses Europe for anti-US alliance on trade
China is putting pressure on the European Union to issue a strong joint statement against President Donald Trump's trade policies at a summit later this month but is facing resistance,…
China seeks trade firewall with US allies in rush of ambassador meetings
China's international trade representative held a series of meetings with the ambassadors from major European nations last week to ask them to stand together with Beijing against the US protectionism,…
