Chile‘s new trade agreements, currently under negotiation, including extensions, involve the European Union, CPTPP, EFTA, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Chile already has 33 Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Preferential Trade Agreements with 64 economies representing about 86.3% of the world’s GDP. First, the European Union
Indonesia displaced Canada as the world’s leading exporter of nickel and nickel manufactures in 2022 by increasing these sales at a year-on-year rate of 365% percent. With this, Indonesian exports of these products climbed to US$5.978 billion, according to data from BPS-Statistics Indonesia. Already in the previous year,
The consulting firm Brand Finance released the 100 most valuable retail brands in its 2023 ranking, which was led by Amazon. Then came, in descending order, Walmart, Home Depot, Costco, Lowe’s, CVS, Taobao, Target, Tmall and Walgreens. Consumer expectations may change in response to complaints, improved reporting requirements,
Brazil, Chile and Peru were the top exporters to China from Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, according to data from China’s General Administration of Customs. Ahead of all markedly, Brazil exported products to the Chinese market for VND110 billion, unchanged from 2021. This was followed by
France dominated electricity imports worldwide in 2022, totaling 16,779 million dollars, an increase of 320% at an annual rate, according to data from the General Directorate of Customs and Indirect Taxes. For the first time since 1980, this country’s balance of trade in electric energy was negative, at
China topped motorcycle exports worldwide, with a total of $11.957 billion in 2022, a 3% year-on-year drop, according to that nation’s General Administration of Customs. Mostly, in the past year, Chinese motorcycles were shipped to the United States ($1.775 billion), Mexico ($727 million), the Philippines ($483 million), the