The WTO Ministerial Conference, which usually meets every two years, will take place in late 2021. After rescheduling twice, the WTO reported that the Twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, the week of November 29, 202 At the
The United States is leading blockchain research, according to a report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). During the period 1996-2018, there were 4,821 blockchain-related posts led by China (760), the United States (749), and the United Kingdom (255). The top three affiliations were
To boost the manufacturing sector, the Indonesian Government introduced the “Make Indonesia 4.0” initiative. In short, it is a roadmap to develop the country’s manufacturing industries following established industrial practices according to the concept of the fourth industrial revolution. As a goal, the roadmap envisages doubling labor productivity,
ABB‘s Industrial Automation Business Area posted revenue of $ 5.792 billion in 2020, a decrease of 7.7 year-on-year. Around 21,500 people worked in that Area at the end of 2020. In general, this business offers customers in the process and maritime industries a wide range of integrated automation,
Sugar imports in Mexico totaled 15,095 tons so far this harvest, the Ministry of Agriculture reported. Namely, this period comprises from October 1, 2020 to February 21, 2020, when the report was generated. Each cycle, the months with the highest sugar imports are August, September and October in
Global industrial production fell 4.2% year-on-year in 2020, reported the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB). After growing 3.1% in world industrial production in 2018, the following year it advanced only 0.9 percent. At the beginning of this last triennium, world industrial production remained weak, but then