PAPERWORLD 2016. #feriainternacional #FRANKFURT, #ALEMANIA

FRANKFURT, ALEMANIA

30 DE ENERO AL 2 DE FEBRERO 2016

Paperworld (http://paperworld.messefrankfurt.com/) es la feria más importante de productos e insumos para papelería, útiles escolares y suplementos para oficinas. El evento atrae la presencia de compradores nacionales e internacionales que buscan las novedades del sector. En su edición anterior participaron 1.670 expositores y convocó a 42.145 visitantes.

La participación en esta feria de negocios permitirá que su empresa entre en contacto en forma directa con contrapartes potencialmente interesadas en sus productos, posibilitando su ingreso y/o ventas en este mercado.

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#UK: Britain's #tradedeficit shrinks as fall in #oilprices cuts #importcosts

Dramatic fall in oil prices contributes to improved trade balance but higher pound and fall in exports to eurozone limit gains

The narrowing of the deficit reflected a £2.5bn drop in imports, almost half of which was due to lower imports of oil. Photograph: Christian Charisius/Reuters

Britain’s trade balance improved in January after a dramatic fall in oil prices cut the cost of imports.
But the higher pound and a fall in exports to the eurozone limited the gains from cheaper energy supplies brought into the UK... (Read more)

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#USA: Addressing Currency Manipulation Key to #TradeDeal

Members of Congress say they will work to ensure a crucial Pacific trade deal contains a provision stemming currency manipulation by foreign member countries.

A bank clerk handles Japanese yen among stacks of Chinese Yuan. Proposed legislation would require the Department of Commerce to investigate countries that deflate the value of their currency to make sending goods to the U.S. cheaper. 

 

Congressional opposition to a potential foreign trade agreement in the Pacific is ballooning over the absence of a provision that would prevent member countries from engaging in a form of economic gamesmanship known as currency manipulation... (Read more)

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#India’s #tradedeficit with #China to double in the next two years

NEW DELHI: India's trade deficit with China could nearly double to $60 billion in the next two years if the two partners do not address market access constraints and nontariff barriers faced by Indian goods in the neighbouring country, the department of commerce cautioned in the foreign trade policy statement released last week. The statement came ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's expected visit to Beijing in the second week of May... (Read more)

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#UK economy grew 0.6% in the fourth quarter of last year

Official figures also show that GDP per head in 2014 rose by 2.2 per cent.

British chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne holds up the red despatch box containing his pre-election budgetas he departs number 11 Downing Street, Westminster. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

The UK economy grew by 0.6 per cent in the fourth quarter, revised up from a previous estimate of 0.5 per cent, official figures showed today.

The figures also showed that GDP per head in 2014 rose by 2.2 per cent. It is seen as a key measure because it indicates that the size of the economy per person is growing even as the population expands... (Read more)

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#Cuba: #Airbnb opens rental listings for #holidaymakers to Cuba

Website says it has seen 70% spike in searches from US

Travel experts say Cuba’s state-run hotel sector lacks the capacity to handle a major increase in US visitors, without the variety of high-end hotels found in other destinations

Online home-rental marketplace Airbnb now offers properties in Cuba, as it looks to capitalise on an expected travel boom resulting from the normalising of relations between the United States and the Communist-run nation... (Read more)

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#Europe: Caught by sterling’s strength against the #euro.

Q&A: Dominic Coyle

The euro: on the slide. Photograph: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

When the euro/sterling rate was 85p, I purchased shares in sterling. Now the rate is 73p. If I sell now and invest further in sterling without realising cash and perhaps spending it, do I have to take account of the exchange rates for purpose of CGT?

The amount in sterling remains the same but would be showing profit in euro.

Mr M.B., Galway

There have been certain reliefs for people who reinvest gains but these, as far as I know, relate exclusively to the sale of assets relating to a business or trade and the investment of those gains in the trade or business. I don’t think they are going to provide you with any relief in your current position... (Read more)

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#Europe: If the #UK quits the #EU, what happens to #Ireland?

As the UK general election looms, a subsequent UK exit from the EU is a real possibility. This extract from a new book analyses the consequences for the Republic.

As the UK general election looms, and with a subsequent referendum on Europe highly likely, a UK exit from the EU becomes a real possibility. A new book, Britain and Europe: The Endgame – An Irish Perspective, examines possible future relationships between the United Kingdom and the European Union and their implications for Ireland... (Read more)

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#Brentcrude drops toward $59 as US jobs data pushes dollar up

US unemployment rate fell to the lowest since May 2008 in February

Brent crude fell towards $59 a barrel on Monday as a promising US jobs report pushed the dollar up. Photo: Bloomberg

Brent crude fell towards $59 a barrel on Monday as a promising US jobs report pushed the dollar up, offsetting geopolitical tensions and the threat of output cuts in Libya and Iraq... (Read more)

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#Ireland: Strap yourselves in, the #globalmilkmarket promises to be a rough ride

Irish dairy farmers will have to surf turbulent times to exploit long-term growth

While milk prices have steadied in the first quarter of 2015, they are still some way off their peak. Photograph: Nigel Marple/Reuters

Last year marked the end of a six-year, China-driven boom in milk prices. Beijing’s stockpiling of milk powder, Russia’s trade response to western sanctions over theUkraine, and a bumper production year sent the market into a nosedive... (Read more)

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#Ireland: End of #Chineseban on #Irishbeef a victory for diplomacy

Chinese veterinary inspectors soon to start approving processing plants in Ireland

The writing has been on the wall for a while, but what a few weeks it has been for Irish beef – Ireland is now the only European country to be allowed to export beef to both theUnited States and China.

Chinese veterinary inspectors will soon begin to approve processing plants for export following the formal lifting of the ban... (Read more)

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#Ireland: #Irishfirms with #international links are more likely to innovate

ESRI-backed research finds correlation between internationalisation and productivity

Research was based on data from Community Innovation Survey data over the period between 2004 and 2008. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Irish firms with international trade links are more likely to invest in innovation; have a higher probability of adopting new technologies; and are, in general, more productive than firms serving only the domestic market, according to new research... (read more)

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#Ireland: #Chemicals account for 58% of value of #Irishexports in 2014

Latest CSO figures underscore role of big pharma in Irish economy

Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Chemicals and related products accounted for 58 per cent of the value of Irish exports in 2014, underscoring the role played by big pharma in the Irish economy.

Figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show the value of Irish exports rose 2 per cent to €89 billion last year, while imports increased by 7 per cent to €53.6 billion - the highest level since 2008... (Read more)

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#Europe: #Eurozone factories post ‘meagre’ growth in activity in January

Manufacturing firms cut prices in January at the steepest rate since mid-2013

Euro zone factory activity grew slightly last month as companies kept cutting prices, but a weakened currency did little to help drive new orders from abroad.

 

Euro zone factory activity grew slightly last month as companies kept cutting prices, but a weakened currency did little to help drive new orders from abroad, a survey showed on Monday... (read more)

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#Ireland: Irish #manufacturing activity grows at slowest pace in eight months in Jan

Investec survey shows new export orders, which hit five-year high in December, fell back in January

Irish manufacturing activity expanded at the slowest pace in eight months in January, according to the Investec Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index. Photo: Alan Betson/ The Irish Times

 

Irish manufacturing activity expanded at the slowest pace in eight months in January as growth in output and orders at home and from abroad eased, a survey showed on Monday... (read more)

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#Ireland: Davy increases #Irisheconomic growth forecast

Forecast based on strong exports and rising demand but broker cites concerns on housing

“The key reason for the upward revisions to our forecasts is Ireland’s export performance,” says to a Davy report. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times

Irish stockbroker Davy has raised its forecasts for Irish economic growth for this year and next on the back of continued strong exports and an uptick in domestic consumer demand... (read more)

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#Ireland: #USmarket for #Irishbeef may not live up to Minister’s expectations

Industry observers suggest potential for Irish producers limited

Simon Coveney’s suggestion that the US market could take up to 20,000 tonnes of Irish beef in 2015, worth up to €100 million, and “go way beyond that”, is considered by many as too optimistic

Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has overstated the importance of Ireland’s re-entry into the US beef market, according to senior industry sources... (Read more)

The #UnitedStates Needs a #FreeTradeDeal with #China

by Maurice R. Greenberg, C.V. Starr and Co., Inc. and C. Fred Bergsten, Peterson Institute for International Economics


Op-ed in the Wall Street Journal
December 18, 2014
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China has intensified its efforts recently to deepen diplomatic and trade relationships with international partners and secure its rapidly expanding interests globally. This new dynamic presents both challenges and opportunities for the United States. Regrettably, Beijing sees the US strategy of "pivoting" or "rebalancing" its Asia policy in a negative light, as an effort to contain China. Moreover, in the important areas of trade, investment, and regional security, China and the United States seem to be moving apart. Both countries need to refocus on ways to strengthen mutual ties and work to resolve the issues that divide them... (Read more).

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#Global: #Oil heads for biggest annual decline since 2008

China stocks close up more than 2 per cent helping the stock market become the best performer among major global bourses this year

China stocks closed up more than 2 per cent on Wednesday, boosted by a late afternoon rally which helped the stock market become the best performer among major global bourses this year. (Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters)

Oil headed for the biggest annual decline since the 2008 global financial crisis as US producers and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ceded no ground in their battle for market share amid a supply glut... (Read more)

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#US-#Cuba detente likely to lead to repeal of #tradeembargo

One of the first steps will be the removal of the Caribbean republic from the annual US terror list

A car with a Cuban flag parked near the Cuban Capitol in Havana. The Cuban revolution has survived through a combination of welfare provision and selective repression as the equal distribution of scarce resources meets the iron fist of state power. Photograph: Enrique De La Osa/Reuters

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The sudden shift in US policy toward Cuba represents the decline of a previously unquestioned conviction – that beneath the calm surface of Cuban society lies a seething, discontented population impatiently awaiting the signal to rise and overthrow their government... (Read more)

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