Global stocks sank Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with talks that are aimed at averting a trade war with China. Equities were also dented by poor eurozone economic data, and as Trump cast doubt on a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Trump (is) continuing to drive uncertainty over global trade,” said analyst Joshua Mahony at trading firm IG. “European markets are following their Asian counterparts lower, as a pessimistic tone from Trump is compounded by downbeat economic data,” he added. Markets had surged Monday after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said they had agreed to pull back from imposing threatened tariffs on billions of dollars of goods, and continue talks on a variety of trade issues. However, Trump has declared that he was “not satisfied” with the status of the talks, fuelling worries that the world’s top two economies could still slug out an economically pain
Communications experts, top managers, and local market leaders, and many others will be identifying the power of communication and its influence on the modern world at the 2018 World Communications Forum (WCF), scheduled to take place at Geneva, Switzerland, between March 21st and 22nd.
The forum will analyse critically the power that goes hand by hand with the future development of the society in many ways, from technical improvements to advocacy of human rights.
The forum will analyse critically the power that goes hand by hand with the future development of the society in many ways, from technical improvements to advocacy of human rights.
The two days plenary sessions will be packed with hot discussions on the Power of Communication and Young Leadership Power, Country Branding, Agenda 2049 and Global Health Promotions, Media for All, Social Media Influencers, the Future of Learning, amongst others.
Outstanding communication stories and cases of 2017 will be awarded the C4F awards during the forum.
Outstanding communication stories and cases of 2017 will be awarded the C4F awards during the forum.
Last year, professionals from about 12 countries were awarded with the C4F, and they include; U.S.A., U.K., Brazil, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, India, Italy, Russia, Austria, Ukraine, Armenia, and Germany.
This year, professionals will also be awarded based on merits.
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