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Pakistan agrees to IMF’s demand for tariff cuts, trade liberalisation: report
20-Mar-2025 Pakistan Today
The Pakistani government has agreed to a key International Monetary Fund (IMF) demand to reduce effective average import tariffs by one-third over the next five years, aiming to lower the average tariff to 7.1%.
Remove trade barriers to increase per capita income, IMF tells African leaders
9-Oct-2023 The Cable
Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), says African governments must remove trade barriers to increase the continent’s per capita income.
Congo set to offer tax facility to UAE investors
20-Oct-2021 Khaleej Times
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will offer a tax facility to the UAE investors and sign an agreement to protect investments and boost bilateral trade between the two countries, says its President.
IMF deal, CPFTA-II may hit manufacturing sector
13-May-2019 Business Recorder
The new tax measures being agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) coupled with the negative impact of China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement-II (CPFTA-II) are likely to hit the country’s already poorly performing manufacturing sector.
The launch of a book on the impact of ICSID on human rights
21-Feb-2008 Bolpress
In its introduction the book explains how international financial institutions act like tailors charged with fitting out transnationals with tailor-made suits.
Widening inequality: IMF acknowledges downsides of globalization
20-Oct-2007 Korea Times
Korean government officials are trying to downplay concerns by anti-globalization and anti-FTA protesters including farmers that the Korea-US trade deal may lead to subjugation of the Korean economy to the United States. But a recent IMF report says that technology and foreign investment are worsening income inequality around the world.