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South Africa's telecoms industry body is pushing for digital content and service providers to help pay for the roll out of network infrastructure because they generate a huge part of the internet ...
[2] [6] OTT television, commonly called streaming television, has become the most popular OTT content. [a] OTT bypasses cable, broadcast, and satellite television platforms—the media through which companies have traditionally acted as controllers or distributors of such content. This content may include shows and movies for which the OTT ...
The Doha Development Round or Doha Development Agenda (DDA) is the trade-negotiation round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) which commenced in November 2001 under then director-general Mike Moore. Its objective was to lower trade barriers around the world, and thus increase global trade.
International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories [1] because there is a need or want of goods or services. [2] (See: World economy.) In most countries, such trade represents a significant share of gross domestic product (GDP).
World trade has expanded rapidly over the past decades. This has been driven, in large part, by the changing nature of both production and increased competition in international commerce. Another important factor contributing to the growth in trade has been the periodic rounds of successful multilateral trade negotiations.
This is a timeline of the history of international trade which chronicles notable events that have affected the trade between various countries.. In the era before the rise of the nation state, the term 'international' trade cannot be literally applied, but simply means trade over long distances; the sort of movement in goods which would represent international trade in the modern world.
The trade networks facilitated the exchange of a wide range of goods and resources, each with significant economic implications. Gold was perhaps the most important commodity traded, particularly from West Africa. It was highly prized in the Mediterranean and beyond, driving much of the economic activity along the trans-Saharan routes. The ...
China and India are increasingly important trade partners; 12.5% of Africa's exports are to China, and 4% are to India, which accounts for 5% of China's imports and 8% of India's. The Group of Five (Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates) are another increasingly important market for Africa's exports. [74]