INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL & INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
20 October 2015
GROW GLOBAL NEWS
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Sarah Carroll, GROW GLOBAL’s founder, will be running the next Passport to E-Exporting workshop for UKTI Yorkshire & Humber at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, near Wakefield, on 20 October 2015. The Passport to E-Exporting, Export Strategy workshop is your opportunity to focus on developing your online export strategy both in terms of what you want to achieve and how you go about it. Working alongside other e-commerce businesses you will be encouraged to develop a focused and strategic approach to selling your goods and services via online channels to global markets. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL NEWS
bbc.co.uk – ‘Japan really loves black people.’ That’s one quote that sums up a viral video of black people talking frankly about their life in a country that is stereotypically depicted as being frosty to outsiders. The 80-minute documentary Black in Japan, along with a shorter version, have collectively been clicked on about 200,000 times on YouTube. The video features eight black people, mostly African-Americans, who work at a variety of jobs in Japan, and have been in the country for varied lengths of time. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
bbc.co.uk – It’s been a tough few weeks for the UK manufacturing sector. SSI Steel has closed its blast furnace and coke ovens in Redcar and Tata Steel is expected to cut jobs at its sites in Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire. Thousands of jobs are likely to go. So what happened to the new dawn of foreign investment and the promised rebalancing of the UK economy towards manufacturing? Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – China’s economy grew 6.9% in the third quarter, the weakest rate since the global financial crisis. The year-on-year growth rate is also below the government’s 7% target. Though slightly above expectations, the data is expected to raise pressure on policy-makers to step up monetary policy to stem the slowdown. Read more>>
OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BBC – Fossil teeth place humans in Asia ‘20,000 years early’>>
BBC – France rejects ‘tampon tax’ change>>
BBC – In pictures: Bolivia’s colourful Andean mansions>>
Harmer Editorial – Borderline serious about exporting? Don’t be>>
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