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COP27 and the Paris Agreement
The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27, taking place from November 6 until November 8, aims at ensuring full implementation of the Paris Agreement. Since COP26 in Glasgow, only 29 out of 194 countries came forward with tightened national plans. The
Asian Logistics, Maritime and Aviation Conference, Nov 22-23
The annual Asian Logistics, Maritime and Aviation Conference (ALMAC), which is jointly organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), will take place on Nov 22-23 this year. This
WCO-WTO workshop on changes to the Harmonized System
In the course of the joint workshop held by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) on October 17, a debate was held on the periodical update of the Harmonized System (HS), i.e. the international nomenclature that
Congestion chaos overshadows volume recovery
In the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, in the year 2021 the global container port sector was in recovery mode. At the same time, it is regrettable to note that supply chain disruption was a dominant feature. North America’s major
Dombrovskis speech on “Power and Alliances: The Transatlantic Partnership in a Changing World”
In the course of his Keynote Address at Harvard Law School Event on "Power and Alliances: The Transatlantic Partnership in a Changing World", Executive Dombrovskis stressed the importance of strengthening EU-China trade and engaging with China with pragmatism and without naivety. "We
ASEAN and the EU sign the world’s first bloc-to-bloc Air Transport Agreement
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) and its member states have signed the Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement between the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and the European Union and its