South Korea, Israel to invest $5.3 million for robotics development
As a joint research and development project, the Lighthouse Program is a follow-up of the revisions made to the industrial technology agreement between the two countries last year.
Experts expect no large-scale outflows after China, US spread inversion
Industrial experts believed the direct reason for the spread is the US bond interest rate surged again on expectations of faster monetary tightening.
Vaccine gift shot in the arm for India-Cambodia ties
The Indian ambassador to Cambodia said the provision of the vaccines was a gesture of India’s goodwill and its push for practical cooperation to end the Covid-19 pandemic.
Economic accords with Australia, UAE to open up opportunities for Indian products
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal also said the trade agreements would help in increasing exports from labour-intensive industries.
Food prices surged to new record high in March: Food and Agriculture Organisation
The agency had warned last month that food and feed prices could rise by up to 20 per cent as a result of the conflict in Ukraine, triggering a jump in global malnourishment.
Trade between China, Mekong countries nears $400 billion in 2021
In 2016, the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation mechanism was launched by six countries - China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
China, New Zealand upgrade free trade deal
In addition to facilitating goods trade, the bilateral deal has added four new chapters, namely e-commerce, competition policy, government procurement, environment and trade.
Russia hit with new round of US sanctions
The new sanctions hit Russia’s Sberbank, which holds one-third of Russia’s total banking assets, and Alfabank, the country’s fourth largest financial institution, US…
Japan wants to avoid sanctions that impact energy sector
Japan intends to walk in step with the G-7 nations as it has done until now, but hopes to sidestep sanctions on the energy sector, which would have a large impact on the Japanese…
China rail line linking Laos sees passenger, cargo growth
As of Sunday (April 3), about 2.25 million passengers and 1.31 million metric tons of cargo had been transported on the line since its opening on Dec 3.