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The World Trade Organization on Wednesday dramatically lowered its global trade forecast for 2023, as Russia's war in Ukraine and other shocks take their toll on the world economy. 'Today the global economy faces multi-prong crises. Monetary tightening is weighing on growth across much of the world,' WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told reporters in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
Tokyo, Sep 30 (EFE/EPA).- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said Thursday that the entity would maintain its ultra-flexible monetary policy regardless of economic measures the imminent Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida decides to implement. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF TOKYO, JAPAN.
Hundreds of tractors line the streets around the European Parliament in Strasbourg to denounce the new Common Agriculture Policy. European aid is set to take a more agro-ecological direction in 2023. IMAGES
Hundreds of tractors block traffic on a stretch of motorway leading to Strasbourg and the European Parliament, to denounce the new Common Agriculture Policy, which will see European aid used for more agro-ecological purposes. IMAGES
Wall Street stock indices end at fresh records as investors cheer the new $1.9 trillion US economic relief package, which has bolstered confidence in the country's rebound. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.6 percent at 32,485.59, concluding at an all-time high for the second straight day. IMAGES