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Syria's million-ton Russian wheat deal in jeopardy

A deal struck in October for Syria to buy one million tons of wheat from its ally Russia to prevent bread shortages in government-held areas has not been fulfilled and may never be, Syrian and Russian government sources said. A Syrian government official with knowledge of the deal said a...

Despite war, rise in olive oil exports

(Eqtsad)- Syria has exported more than 20,000 tons of olive oil in 2016 mostly at Gulf countries followed by Europe, even to Spain, Italy and Greece, the internationally well know producers of olive oil. Abo Hashim, an olive oil exporter, mentioned that last year has the highest amount of...

Trump won't wait to act on trade pact vows: spokesman

Donald Trump will not wait for Congress to confirm his Cabinet positions to act on his vows to withdraw from the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a spokesman for the president-elect said on Thursday. Trump,...