Archive for category: News

Sep 29

The global sports market was valued at approximately US$480 billion in 2018, having grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.3% since 2014, and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.9% to reaching nearly US$614 billion by 2022. In 2017, the Eu...
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Jun 26

In the modern economy, not only do goods transit borders, but also services such as logistical support, telecommunications, land sales, entertainment, graphic design and so forth; and many times, these services are embodied in the trading of goods. B...
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Jun 01

In 1986 a series of trade negotiations was initiated, called the Uruguay Round, which lasted for seven and a half years with 125 participating countries, including Belize. It concluded in 1994 with the formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) ...
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Apr 16

The productivity of an economy’s labour force depends on how educated, skilled and healthy it is. These characteristics also feed into the quality of a country’s educational and health systems. Education, health and environmental services account for...
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Feb 21

Long lines, spaces overcrowded with storage boxes, slow service, costly transactions and paper work that somehow endlessly seems to get lost…these are just some of the many problems currently faced when trying to access a public service. We have all ...
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Jun 07

The 48th Regular Ministerial Meeting of the Council of Trade and Economic Development (COTED) was recently held in Georgetown, Guyana from 29th to 30th April, 2019. COTED, a collection of Trade Ministers designated by member states, is the organ of t...
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Mar 07

Following Cabinet’s approval of Belize’s first National Trade Policy (NTP) in November 2018, the Directorate General for Foreign Trade (DGFT) in the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Commerce officially launched the National Trade Policy on February ...
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