How can the WTO Secretariat anticipate and prepare for changes affecting the world, trade, and the WTO itself? Explore the transformative vision of the WTO’s Secretariat Strategy 2030 and discover its key goals and ideas for achieving them: https://bit.ly/4ec7QR7
Trade development is key to job creation, poverty reduction, and economic prosperity but its efficacy is being questioned amid global labor-market upheavals and protectionist trends. Check what the latest World Bank report informs about the impact of trade on jobs, wages, and productivity across a range of economies. This is an excellent initiatove feom …
Maersk joins coalition to pilot heavy-duty battery-electric vehicle charging between Los Angeles and El Paso, Texas. In a step toward advancing electric-powered, heavy-duty fleet transport, the shipper-carrier coalition will test long-haul charging operations along the Interstate 10 (I-10) corridor. “To electrify trucking on a meaningful scale, all stakeholders need to invest in expanding the …
UK has signed a historic Enhanced Trade Partnership with Thailand. This is a crucial milestone towards exploring a potential future Free Trade Agreement and building on an already strong trading relationship worth £5.9bn a year. More: https://lnkd.in/eyX5mwkm
Don’t miss The State of the Industry 2024 – Insights on Digital Evolution in Container Shipping, a Report from DCSA. This comprehensive study explores the progress made, the challenges faced, and the role of standards in driving change. Through insights from 400 senior decision-makers and in-depth interviews, the report provides a 360-degree view of …
The UN adopted today the Pact of the Future which includes the Global Digital Compact. Main provisions related to AI include: – Establishment of an AI international scientific panel – Launch of a global AI policy dialogue – Development of AI capacity building partnerships – Consideration to establish a global AI fund The full …
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This was precisely 40 years ago. On this day in 1984, French President François Mitterrand and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl stood hand in hand at the Douaumont Ossuary in Verdun, silently bearing the echoes of a fractured past. Their legacy continues to inspire us and resonate across Europe. Ein Symbol für Freundschaft und Einheit.Un symbole …
Goliat is my best friend. He is a four year old Irish Terrier & a fearless, fun, super-cool, loyal, crazy, warm companion in life. A relationship with unconditional love. He got his name from the kennel being the largest puppy of his group of brothers & sisters & as grown the largest of his …
The EU is moving to impose countervailing duties on battery electric vehicle (BEV) imports from China, citing unfair subsidies that threaten EU manufacturers. Discover how this and other upcoming regulations will affect your business in Maersk Europe Market Update. Read more here: https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2024/09/11/europe-market-update-september
Yesterday I did a guest professor lecture about ’Global Trade 2.0: Digitalization and Trust. Are Trusted Value Chains the Way to Future Trade, A New Landscape for International Trade 2025 to 2030’ at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg. Thank you as always to Trisha Rajput and the …
A few days ago Pravin Gordhan passed away. It is a sad day. PG was a leader, role model, mentor and inspiration for me and so many others. One of the best and most intelligent persons I have ever met has left us in devestation. For many people he was a freedom fighter, the …
ESG Regulations and their impact on global supply chains was one of the central topics at last week’s #WTOPublicForum Regulations are key to accelerating sustainable trade. They create obligations on stakeholders, and make for a level playing field for business. But these regulations are new and complicated. We are all learning. How do we …
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This weekend I am visitimg beautiful Stockholm woth my wife to celebrate our oldest daughters birthday. We had a wonderful weekend together in this amazing city, that was my workbase for eleven years in the past. Our daugher has now lived here for work the last nine years. We visited two museums, the Swedish …
Launch of the WTO’s flagship World Trade Report! Congratulations to my feiend & colleague Ralph Ossa, his brilliant team developing the report & to World Trade Organization (WTO). The report highlights the crucial role of trade in fostering inclusiveness, both across and within countries. Trade is the driver of growth, development, job creation & …
Today, we’re unveiling something big—our Network of the Future, a game-changing collaboration with Hapag-Lloyd under the Gemini Cooperation with the clear goal: To deliver 90%+ reliability, fewer port calls, and faster transit times. While the situation in the Red Sea remains unpredictable, we’re prepared with two plans: a return to Trans Suez or an alternative route via …
Do you want a ’passport for goods’ to access ’Trusted Supply Chains’ that will provide speed, resilence & compliance for your delivery? All in an environment of fair & inclusive trade. This will soon be possible. It is not a vision or dream, but a reality through a synergy of trade policy, trust, digitalization …
Today we arrange the Maersk Supply Chain Managament Forum 2024 in Copenhagen at our headquarters. More than 100 customers visisted us for discussions about the future.
Watch out for the corprate con-trick called code-sharing. I am in a Finnair plane. That was not what I booked. I very rarely book Finnair. In fact, on this trip with four legs I have travelled with four different airlines, even though I booked a ticket with only one of them. When I booked, …
Our GTCC star in Japan, Yoshiko-san Utsunomiya is doing a fantastic job for our clients. Great to see you and your ream in Tokyo. Thank you for all your hard work!
What an absolute ’killer dream team’ we have in GTCC North East Asia – Japan! Top Class! So proud of you! We will continue to grow fast for the benefit of our many clients. Yoshiko Utsunomiya Emiko Suzuki, Takenori Kamiya, Shuang Geng, Mariko Yamada, Shazana Stotz, Pablo G. Ortega Faraudo