When travelling with a new airline somewhere in the world, I always first check the EU Airline Blacklist. Flying high – but not in Europe It is good travelling advice to always check this list when considering travelling with new airlines around the world. References: EU Air Safety list EU Air Blacklist EU Blacklist …
After the Second World War, US President Harry Truman called on the US to assume the mantle of world power. “Great responsibilities have been placed upon us by the swift movement of events”, Truman told the US Congress in March 1947. Seventy years later, the world looks very different. Cities, states, and regions – …
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Forbes determined the Best Countries For Business 2018 (https://lnkd.in/dDd8ys6) by rating 153 nations on 15 different factors: property rights, innovation, taxes, technology, corruption, infrastructure, market size, political risk, quality of life, workforce, freedom (personal, trade and monetary), red tape and investor protection. The United Kingdom gets the top rank this year for the first …
I am very proud of my blog. I also think that I have found the new mix of news. So do you. I have now for the first time reached the same number of blog readers as before the break. In December lore than 14.800 people read the blog. Thank you for comkng back. …
For centuries human kind has been asking the impossible philosphic questions about things like; life, space, the future. Now there is a question like that for the Customs world, or is there? Sometimes when reading media about Brexit I get the feeling that everything is open, the solutions can be everything or anything. We …
A new year. After a week of start-up activities it is time to get going. It will be a first week in four countries. Life of a globetrottet. We work all around the world. As a famous politician once said when asked where to go when entering a taxi in Stockholm, “Take me anywhere, …
’A secure business environment for economic development’ – The World Customs Organization theme of the year 2018. This slogan will be launched on International Customs Day, which is celebrated annually by the global customs community on January 26.
Don’t miss this new BBC drama based on Misha Glennys book featuring Russian oligarchs and organised crime. McMafia just opened in UK but is soon going to be availble everywhere. As we know from reading Glennys book, international crime syndicates are able to shift huge sums of money around the world, still. This is …
Big cities aren’t necessarily unsafe. In fact, some of the safest cities in the world are urban hubs that boast low crime rates and high levels of safety. The Economist’s 2017 safe cities index, sponsored by NEC, ranked 60 cities based on the factors of personal security, digital security, health security, and infrastructure security. …
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This is the year when the biggest political and economic conundrum to face the U.K. in modern times will be solved, further complicated or even abandoned in all but name. A mural by street artist Banksy depicting a EU flag being chiseled by a workman covers the side of a building in Dover. Within 10 …
In global rankings Sweden frequently appears at or near the top. It doesn’t really matter what type of survey, you will find my country at the top anyway. If you’re Swedish, you should be feeling pretty proud of yourself right now. Here’s a few reasons why. It’s easy to do business there It’s really …
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It is commonplace to emphasise that we are now in a new era of globalisation, marked by the rise in the importance of emerging economies. But what does this really mean? Richard Baldwin, author of the Great Convergence, argues that what is new is the combination of northern technology and southern labour. But he …
2018 will be everything 2017 was not. This is a new year for visions, dreams and hope. I believe that 2018 will be a good year. One of the best. See you out there on the road in the place we call our world. I am looking forward to meeting you soon,
2017 was a really bad year from so many perspectives. Global politics was in flames. New conflicts surfaced and gasoline was pured on some old ones. Heroes left us, like Tom Petty and Malcolm Young. On a personal level there were several disasters that made life heavier than normal. So what defined this crappy …
In 1999, Bill Gates wrote a book titled “Business @ the Speed of Thought.” In it, Gates made 14 bold predictions that at the time might have sounded outrageous. Now we know that Gates’ forecasts turned out to be eerily prescient. For those of you that don’t remember what is what like in 1999, …
2017 is the safest year in aviation history. So far, not i single death due to aviation thisbyear. Amazing. And with a record breaking number of air travellers (again). As a globetrotter, having visited 169 countries and travelling more than 250 days a year – ot is great to see aviation security being excelled …
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Around the world, countries are rethinking the terms of engagement in global trade. This is not all bad; in fact, acknowledgement of globalization’s disruptive effects on millions of advanced-economy workers is long overdue. But new trade policies must be based on a clear-eyed understanding of how globalization is evolving, not on a backward-looking vision …
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The World Trade Organization predicts a slight recovery in international trade for 2017 and 2018, albeit with many uncertainties. Historically, the volume of world merchandise trade has tended to grow between 1.5 times to twice as fast as world GDP. But since 2012, trade has only been growing at a rate equal to or …
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Don’t miss one of the most i teresting events of the year, AICE 2018 in Dubai April 30th to May 1st. Prosperity, goes much beyond mere economic growth, and ensures inclusive, sustainable development of a society, by addressing the needs and expectations of all key stakeholders. Economic policy should be designed to be inclusive …
The container traffic from India to Russia through the territory of Iran and Azerbaijan along the route of the International North-South Transport Corridor will be opened early next year, while there will be a protocol on the green channel for the transportation of goods on the land segment from Iran to Russia. The First …
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