by WTCD | Nov 6, 2014 | News
More than 70 per cent of exporters reported an increase in exports in 2014 compared with 62 per cent last year while nearly 85 per cent expect exports to rise in 2015, a new survey shows. The Export Ireland Survey, by the Irish Exporters Association (IEA) and Grant...
by WTCD | Oct 8, 2014 | News
International trade agreements frequently have a rather long genesis. The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), released last week, is no exception. In 1994 – twenty years ago – when Prime Minister Jean Chretien was to...
by WTCD | Oct 8, 2014 | News
Ireland’s businesspeople have been encouraged to look to Austria as a potential source of growth, as Irish trade with Austria was up 13.8pc last year, to €1.49bn. SHARE About 2,000 Austrian companies do business with Ireland on a regular basis, and Advantage...
by WTCD | Oct 1, 2014 | News
The ongoing tensions between the European Union and Russia over the crisis in Ukraine are creating obstacles for Irish exporters to Russia, according to the Ireland Russia Business Association (IRBA). IRBA, the non-profit which promotes trade links between the two...
by WTCD | Sep 16, 2014 | News
Independent.ie, Published: 16/09/2014 IRELAND has moved to the top position of European exporters in terms of confidence, a new report shows. Confidence among Irish firms is up two points to 119 in the second quarter of the year, the HSBC’s Trade Confidence...