Trade : Korean duties on Japanese stainless steel bars held WTO-illegal (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
A dispute panel at the World Trade Organization (WTO) has largely ruled that the continued imposition of anti-dumping duties by Korea on imports of stainless steel bars from Japan is inconsistent with its obligations under the WTO's Anti-Dumping Agreement.

Finance : Will the new fiscal crises improve international tax cooperation? (PRIV)
(IPS, Sydney/Kuala Lumpur)
Sydney/Kuala Lumpur, 1 Dec (IPS/Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram*) -- COVID-19 recessions have hit most countries, requiring massive fiscal responses.

United Nations : Can Africa's third industrial development decade deliver? (PRIV)
(IPS, Vienna)
Industrialization and development go hand in hand. There is hardly a country in the world that has developed without building a strong manufacturing base.