Following the results of the first half of 2018, the volume of investment transactions in the world real estate market increased by 13% and reached the highest level since 2007 at $341 billion, estimates of the experts at JLL showed. In the second quarter, investment in real estate grew by 2% compared to the same period last year and amounted to 173 billion dollars. The semi-annual indicators of the regions of North and South America, as well as European markets, grew by 9%. In the Asia-Pacific region, the volume of investments jumped by 29% and reached an absolute record of 81 billion dollars. Most of the demand grew for warehouse and industrial facilities.
China's diesel exports for June fell by 50% year-on-year, a record low since September 2018 as lockdown measures around the world continued to curb fuel demand. China exported has 1.04 million tons of diesel, compared to the 1.45 million and ...
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On Wednesday, the Trump administration said that it would push for a broad reset of “outdated tariff determinations” at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to arrange what it sees as years of unfair treatment of the United States. According ...