UAE to work with WEF on partnerships to support for innovations and circular economy

Dubai: The World Economic Forum is creating a new partnership to harness the potential of technology innovation and smart policy to fast-track the circular economy. Launched on Monday, Scale 360 will collaborate with government, business, civil society and entrepreneurs around the world to find bright new ideas that will help us cut the waste in […]

UAE business confidence on rise ahead of Expo 2020

Dubai: Business confidence in the UAE is on the rise supported by a stable economic outlook in the medium term, as preparations for EXPO 2020 DUBAI ramp up, said at least three different reports on UAE economy released on Tuesday. The latest HSBC ‘Navigator: Now, next and how’ survey of over 9,100 companies in 35 […]

Lagarde kicks off ECB term facing sceptical Germans

FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Christine Lagarde was to kick off her first week as European Central Bank chief with a closely-watched speech in Berlin later on Monday, where she will face a German audience fiercely critical of the bank’s easy money policies. Arriving for her first full day of work in Frankfurt, the former French finance […]

Mohammed bin Rashid receives Belarusian President

DUBAI: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, received on Tuesday at his palace in Zabeel, Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Belarus. While welcoming the visiting President, Sheikh Mohammed highlighted the importance of further developing ties of cooperation between the UAE and Belarus, especially in the […]

What is the RCEP trade deal and what happens now?

BANGKOK – Backed by China – and excluding the United States – the sprawling Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was poised to link half the world’s people and mark Beijing’s dominance in Asian trade. But it took a hit at the close of a three-day Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Bangkok Monday after […]