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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Saudi Arabia’s liberalization is visible in its popular culture

Saudi Arabia’s unprecedented attempt to diversify from an oil economy to something more sustainable seems to be churning along nicely. As part of Vision 2030, Riyadh aims to lower the Saudi unemployment rate and increase small businesses’ contribution to the economy. In 2023, Norway’s largest pension fund KLP blacklisted some of Saudi’s telecom and real estate companies, citing “human rights …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Made to order

China Daily

WANG XIAOYING/ CHINA DAILY History shows that adjustments in the international economic order are closely related to the rise and fall of manufacturing in leading economies. As they progressed through stages of the manufacturing life cycle, both the United Kingdom and the United States promoted different international economic orders, from mercantilism to trade liberalization and financial liberalization. In the foreseeable …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Made to order

China Daily

WANG XIAOYING/ CHINA DAILY History shows that adjustments in the international economic order are closely related to the rise and fall of manufacturing in leading economies. As they progressed through stages of the manufacturing life cycle, both the United Kingdom and the United States promoted different international economic orders, from mercantilism to trade liberalization and financial liberalization. In the foreseeable …

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10 months ago

Ideas Of India 2024 by abp network live

ABP News

Ideas Of India Summit 2024: On the first day of 'Ideas Of India Summit 3.0', the third edition of ABP Network's flagship event, Activist & educator Sonam Wangchuk talked about the dangers of mining in the mountains. Sonam Wangchuk said, "I want to tell people living in big cities that their lifestyle has a huge impact on the fragile ecology …

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1 year, 3 months ago

China's vibrant drive for greater trade liberalization invigorates global services trade

China Daily

Visitors learn about a new vehicle of Tesla during the 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services at China National Convention Center in Beijing, capital of China, Sept 3, 2023. BEIJING -- China has long been wedded to bolstering services trade across the world, viewing it as a key component in the country's growth strategy and international cooperation. In …

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1 year, 3 months ago

China's vibrant drive for greater trade liberalization invigorates global services trade

China Daily

Visitors learn about a new vehicle of Tesla during the 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services at China National Convention Center in Beijing, capital of China, Sept 3, 2023. BEIJING -- China has long been wedded to bolstering services trade across the world, viewing it as a key component in the country's growth strategy and international cooperation. In …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Column: China’s faltering economy is a result of state-directed planning. Now comes the global fallout

LA Times

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19. Business Wall Street drops as faltering Chinese economy sets off global slide A sharp drop for Wall Street capped a day of declines worldwide after discouraging data on China raised worries about the global economy. In …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Review of Distress in the Fields — Indian Agriculture after Liberalization: A broken harvest

The Hindu

Professor R. Ramakumar of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences has put together a useful volume on Indian agriculture by scholars in the field. The 16 essays in Distress in the Fields: Indian Agriculture after Liberalization, cover six comprehensive themes in 500 pages: Land and Agrarian Relations, Investment and Expenditure; Agricultural Trade; Costs, Profits and Incomes; Credit and Insurance; and …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Germany scales back cannabis liberalization after EU talks

Associated Press

BERLIN — Germany’s government presented scaled-back plans Wednesday to liberalize the country’s rules on cannabis, including by decriminalizing possession of limited amounts and allowing members of nonprofit “cannabis clubs” to buy marijuana for recreational purposes. In a second step, German officials also envision setting up regional test projects to sell cannabis through “commercial supply chains,” Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said. …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Book Review: ‘Distress in the Fields: Indian Agriculture after Economic Liberalization’ edited by R Ramakumar

The Hindu

Published : Feb 23, 2023 10:40 IST Distress in the Fields is an exhaustive account of the agricultural policies enforced in India after the 1991 economic reforms and the agrarian crisis that followed. “Economic reforms after 1991 explicitly rejected the need for institutional transformation in agriculture,” writes Prof. Ramakumar in the introductory chapter. Madhura Swaminathan delves into studying interpersonal inequalities …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Germany unveils cannabis liberalization plan, with caveats

Associated Press

BERLIN — Germany’s health minister unveiled a plan Wednesday to decriminalize the possession of up to 30 grams of cannabis and to allow the sale of the substance to adults for recreational purposes in a controlled market. Berlin will check with the European Union’s executive commission whether the plan approved by the German government is in line with EU laws …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Europe Set Itself Up for This Energy Crisis

Wired

Vacations in many German cities are a little different this summer. Yet at the same time as Germany rations its energy use ahead of a tricky winter, it continues to let gas flow through the country to others elsewhere in Europe. It’s the result of a Europe-wide initiative, first triggered in 1996 and strengthened in 2003 and 2009, that was …

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2 years, 4 months ago

ICRIER dismisses liquor lobby's allegations

Live Mint

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU : India’s leading alcoholic beverage lobby has accused economic relations think tank ICRIER of favouring foreign interests in India’s sovereign trade agreements, particularly the one concluded this year with Australia, a charge ICRIER dismissed as baseless and preposterous. In a letter to the ICRIER board and commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal, the Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Why Rahul Bajaj joined the ‘protectionist’ Bombay Club

Live Mint

‘The whole idea got completely ultafied,’ Bajaj recounts. ‘Ashok and Hari Shankar finalized a representation to the finance minister for a level playing field after import duties were satisfactorily reduced,’ emphasizes Bajaj. Kochanek summed up the Bombay Club’s five areas of concern: First, the Bombay Club demanded that government focus upon a comprehensive series of internal reforms which would enable …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Ashok Desai on the 1991 Economic Reforms in India

The Diplomat

Thirty years ago, India embarked on a massive program to reform its economy amid a grave balance-of-payments crisis that led New Delhi to secure loans from outside against the country’s gold reserves. The reform program soon became wide-ranging and opened up the Indian economy to the world, setting India on course to become the world’s sixth largest economy in nominal …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Liberalization Neglected Rural Growth for 30 Years. India Can No Longer Afford to Do That

News 18

The foundation for liberalization, privatization and globalization was put in place 30 years ago in July 1991, and this brought in much-needed resilience and vibrancy in the Indian economy. Attracting investments in rural and backward areas through special incentives will give a boost to local economies and to the earnings of small farmers and farm labourers, who can earn Rs …

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3 years, 5 months ago

每日一词∣海南自由贸易港法 Hainan Free Trade Port Law

China Daily

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3 years, 5 months ago

每日一词∣海南自由贸易港法 Hainan Free Trade Port Law

China Daily

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3 years, 7 months ago

每日一词∣中国国际消费品博览会 China International Consumer Products Expo

China Daily

5月7日至10日，首届中国国际消费品博览会将在海南省海口市举办。来自69个国家和地区的企业参展，国外参展品牌超1300个，国内品牌超1200个，预计展会期间各类观众将超20万人次。 The first China International Consumer Products Expo is scheduled for May 7-10 in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan province. 2021年4月30日无人机拍摄的首届消博会举办地海南国际会展中心。（图片来源：新华社）【知识点】国家“十四五”规划纲要提出，加快构建以国内大循环为主体、国内国际双循环相互促进的新发展格局。深入实施扩大内需战略，增强消费对经济发展的基础性作用和投资对优化供给结构的关键性作用，建设消费和投资需求旺盛的强大国内市场。由商务部和海南省人民政府共同主办的中国国际消费品博览会（以下简称“消博会”），是国内首个以消费精品为主题的国家级展会，是构建新发展格局的新载体。首届消博会聚焦“高、新、优、特”消费精品，对标国际专业会展运营规则，汇聚全球高端优质消费精品资源，力争打造成为国际消费精品全球展示交易的重要平台和海南自贸港的标志性工程。从服贸会扩大服务业开放，到进博会扩大进口，再到加快建设海南自贸港、举办消博会搭建全球消费精品展示平台，中国以实际行动践行“中国开放的大门不会关闭，只会越开越大”。【重要讲话】开放是发展进步的必由之路，也是促进疫后经济复苏的关键。我们要推动贸易和投资自由化便利化，深化区域经济一体化，巩固供应链、产业链、数据链、人才链，构建开放型世界经济。 Openness is essential for development and progress. We need to promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, deepen regional economic integration, and enhance supply, industrial, data and human resources chains, with a …

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3 years, 7 months ago

每日一词∣中国国际消费品博览会 China International Consumer Products Expo

China Daily

5月7日至10日，首届中国国际消费品博览会将在海南省海口市举办。来自69个国家和地区的企业参展，国外参展品牌超1300个，国内品牌超1200个，预计展会期间各类观众将超20万人次。 The first China International Consumer Products Expo is scheduled for May 7-10 in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan province. 2021年4月30日无人机拍摄的首届消博会举办地海南国际会展中心。（图片来源：新华社）【知识点】国家“十四五”规划纲要提出，加快构建以国内大循环为主体、国内国际双循环相互促进的新发展格局。深入实施扩大内需战略，增强消费对经济发展的基础性作用和投资对优化供给结构的关键性作用，建设消费和投资需求旺盛的强大国内市场。由商务部和海南省人民政府共同主办的中国国际消费品博览会（以下简称“消博会”），是国内首个以消费精品为主题的国家级展会，是构建新发展格局的新载体。首届消博会聚焦“高、新、优、特”消费精品，对标国际专业会展运营规则，汇聚全球高端优质消费精品资源，力争打造成为国际消费精品全球展示交易的重要平台和海南自贸港的标志性工程。从服贸会扩大服务业开放，到进博会扩大进口，再到加快建设海南自贸港、举办消博会搭建全球消费精品展示平台，中国以实际行动践行“中国开放的大门不会关闭，只会越开越大”。【重要讲话】开放是发展进步的必由之路，也是促进疫后经济复苏的关键。我们要推动贸易和投资自由化便利化，深化区域经济一体化，巩固供应链、产业链、数据链、人才链，构建开放型世界经济。 Openness is essential for development and progress. We need to promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, deepen regional economic integration, and enhance supply, industrial, data and human resources chains, with a …

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3 years, 7 months ago

India-UK food trade: The case for tariff liberalization

Live Mint

India and the UK’s trade relationship has seen a new dynamism post-Brexit, as the two countries signed the Enhance Trade Partnership in February 2021. Given the positive trade balance in favour of India, and the untapped bilateral trade potential on both sides, there is no doubt that food and drinks should be a key sector for liberalization under the early …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Ignoring the environment is bad economics

Live Mint

In hindsight, India’s tryst with liberalization came only a few years after a pivotal but increasingly forgotten moment in the world’s environmental history, the Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984. It developed a feeble framework to protect ecology and people; environment remained a mutable variable of India’s economic policy, appended to its corporate growth. Our deteriorating environment—abysmal air quality, toxin-laden water, …

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3 years, 11 months ago

China's financial liberalization can unlock new opportunities

China Daily

Mr.ROSARIO STRANO, head of Intesa Sanpaolo’s China Strategic Project and former COO. In this episode, China Daily website talks with Intesa Sanpaolo, the largest Italian bank, which is also an opening-up beneficiary and contributor of Chinese financial market. We are in constant touch with the central authorities, and I believe Intesa Sanpaolo's projects in China represent a good example of …

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4 years ago

Financial liberalization to spur foreign firms in nation

China Daily

Billboards of foreign and domestic financial institutions are seen on a street in Shanghai. Chinese financial sector's further opening-up will bring more opportunities for foreign financial institutions to unleash the potential of the country's wealth management market, said an Italian executive. "Yi Tsai's business achieved positive progress after one year's operation in Qingdao, though the COVID-19 pandemic had a big …

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Saudi Arabia’s liberalization is visible in its popular culture

Made to order

Made to order

Ideas Of India 2024 by abp network live

China's vibrant drive for greater trade liberalization invigorates global services trade

China's vibrant drive for greater trade liberalization invigorates global services trade

Column: China’s faltering economy is a result of state-directed planning. Now comes the global fallout

Review of Distress in the Fields — Indian Agriculture after Liberalization: A broken harvest

Germany scales back cannabis liberalization after EU talks

Book Review: ‘Distress in the Fields: Indian Agriculture after Economic Liberalization’ edited by R Ramakumar

Germany unveils cannabis liberalization plan, with caveats

Europe Set Itself Up for This Energy Crisis

ICRIER dismisses liquor lobby's allegations

Why Rahul Bajaj joined the ‘protectionist’ Bombay Club

Ashok Desai on the 1991 Economic Reforms in India

Liberalization Neglected Rural Growth for 30 Years. India Can No Longer Afford to Do That

每日一词∣海南自由贸易港法 Hainan Free Trade Port Law

每日一词∣海南自由贸易港法 Hainan Free Trade Port Law

每日一词∣中国国际消费品博览会 China International Consumer Products Expo

每日一词∣中国国际消费品博览会 China International Consumer Products Expo

India-UK food trade: The case for tariff liberalization

Ignoring the environment is bad economics

China's financial liberalization can unlock new opportunities

Financial liberalization to spur foreign firms in nation