IFP Group (International Fairs and Promotions) held a seminar on Monday titled ‘Agro-Food and Hospitality’ at the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Beirut and Mount-Lebanon.

The seminar addressed Agro-Food export and franchising opportunities for Lebanese enterprises, taking advantage of IFP Group’s upcoming specialized events; Food Africa to be held from 22 to 24 April in Cairo, Iraq Agro-Food from 23 to 26 October in Erbil-Kurdistan, and Hospitality Qatar from 7 to 9 November in Doha.

The prospects for Scotland's economy after Brexit are at the heart of the battle between its pro-independence first minister and British Prime Minister Theresa May, who wants Britain to stay united as it leaves the EU.

Finance ministers and central bankers from top economies are battling Saturday to find common ground on world trade in the face of US President Donald Trump's "Buy American" drive.

It was always an uncomfortable paradox for Ukraine's warring sides: while Kiev and Russian-backed rebels battled each other for nearly three years, trade kept flowing across the frontline.

World stocks were little changed Friday as a global rally ran out of steam, leaving investors reluctant to place any firm bets ahead of the weekend. 

Finance ministers from the world's biggest economies sat down for tense talks in Germany on Friday, formally engaging in a battle of wills over the future of the global free-trade system which ranges a newly forthright U.S. against historic allies.

Families across Central America are living in fear that US President Donald Trump's anti-immigration policies will stem the vital flow of money sent home by migrants each year.

The concern is that relatives who have emigrated without authorization will be deported, suddenly ending the billions of dollars in annual remittances sent to their impoverished countries.

Some Hispanic business owners in the United States are offering to help build President Donald Trump's wall to keep out unauthorized immigrants on the Mexican border, despite controversy and their personal misgivings.

"Myself, being an Hispanic makes it tougher," Michael Luera, who runs a construction services firm in Ganado, Texas, told AFP.

Saudi giant Aramco is to resume deliveries of oil products to Egypt that have been suspended since last October, the Egyptian petroleum ministry said, amid differences over the Syrian conflict.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri stressed on Thursday the need to upgrade Lebanon's infrastructure to bear the enormous pressure as the result of increasing number of displaced people and a growing population.

“We are recovering from a stage that was tough on all of us. These difficulties were exacerbated by the repercussions of the unprecedented number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Frankly, we cannot carry on like this. Because if we do, the crisis can become a disaster for everyone without exception,” said Hariri in a speech at the Lebanon Economic Forum, organized by Al-Iktissad Wal Aamal Group at the Phoenicia hotel.