The OECD and FAO forecast that global demand for agricultural commodities (including for non-food uses) will grow at 1.2% per year over the next decade; well below the growth experienced during the last decade (2.2% annually). More than anything, this is due to an expected slowdown in demand
Shipping and Seafarers are vital to the world’s supply chains and economy, transporting more than 80% of world trade by volume, highlighted a UNCTAD report. Around 1.9 million seafarers work to facilitate the way people live, and during the Covid-19 pandemic seafarers have continued to demonstrate great professionalism
Reaching an agreement to curb harmful subsidies to fisheries stands out among the main negotiations at the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference. Trade ministers from around the world will meet in Geneva next week at a Ministerial Conference originally scheduled for June 2020 in Nursultan, captain of Kazakhstan, but
At the end of 2020, there were 3,523 authorized economic operators in China, which although only represented 0.65% of all import and export companies, concentrated around 30% of the total value of imports and exports. Also, at the end of February 2021, China had signed mutual recognition agreements
Demand for lithium could triple by 2025 from 2020 levels, but higher prices would be needed to incentivize the required supply response, according to Credit Suisse projections. Despite the unprecedented global disruption precipitated by the Covid-19 pandemic, throughout 2020 and the first half of 2021 there was a
Bacanora Lithium has the concession of a large lithium deposit in Sonora and continues to advance its project to build a lithium battery plant in Mexico. This company established an alliance with Ganfeng Lithium Co Ltd, the largest producer of lithium compounds in China. Ganfeng continues to work