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Timor-Leste

IMF improves forecasts for Timor-Leste’s economy in 2018

15 October 2018
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its forecasts for the economy of Timor-Leste (East Timor) and projects that non-oil GDP in 2018 could grow by 0.8% this year.

Natural gas will make Mozambique’s economy grow by 11.1% in 2023, IMF

11 October 2018
Mozambique's economy is expected to grow at a rate of 11.1 percent by 2023, by which time the exploitation of natural gas deposits in the north of the country is expected to have begun, according to the latest forecasts by the International Monetary Fund.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries exceeds US$82 billion from January to July

3 October 2018
Trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries grew 21.50% on year from January to July 2018 to reach US$82.149 billion, according to official Chinese figures released by Forum Macau.

ConocoPhillips sells stake in Greater Sunrise fields to Timor-Leste government

3 October 2018
ConocoPhillips has sold to the East Timorese government its 30% stake in the Greater Sunrise oil fields for US$350 million, the Houston-based oil company said.

China and Portuguese-speaking countries should take advantage of Macau platform, says secretary general of Forum Macau

27 September 2018
China and the Portuguese-speaking countries should take full advantage of the Macau platform, said the Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macau, who called for cooperation in the area of traditional Chinese medicine.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries grows 21.50% from January to July

20 September 2018
Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries reached US$82.49 million from January to July 2018, a year-on-year increase of 21.50%, according to official Chinese figures released by Forum Macau.

PLPEX 2018, in Macau, has a bigger area and more exhibitors

20 September 2018
The area dedicated to this year's edition of the Exhibition of Products and Services of Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macau), or PLPEX 2018, has been increased to 6,000 square metres, the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) announced.

Angola closes embassy to the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries

11 September 2018
The Angolan embassy to the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) in Lisbon is one of eight diplomatic representations that the country plans to close by next November, the Angolan foreign minister said on Monday in Luanda.

Companies from Portuguese-speaking countries participate in a forum on traditional Chinese medicine

6 September 2018
Business leaders from Portuguese-speaking countries are among the 400 professionals participating in the 2018 Traditional Medicine International Cooperation Forum (Macau) on 20 and 21 September, the event's organisers said.

Timor-Leste to focus on the sea as “national strategic intention” president says

20 August 2018
Timor-Leste President Francisco Guterres Lu-Olo argued that the country should increasingly focus on the sea and its exploration as it is an important economic resource.

Lack of air links makes tourism development in Timor-Leste difficult

10 August 2018
The few air links that serve Timor-Leste (East Timor) are the main obstacle to the growth of the tourism sector in the country, according to an article published in the China-Lusophone Brief (CLBrief), a news service on China and the Portuguese-speaking countries.

China’s cooperation with Portuguese-speaking countries important in Chinese foreign relations

31 July 2018
Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries is an integral and important part of China's foreign relations, said the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Macau on a visit to Forum Macau.

Government of Timor-Leste wants economy to grow to more than 7.0% over the next five years

25 July 2018
The Timor-Leste (East Timor) government wants the country's economy to grow at an average rate of over 7.0% and the unemployment rate to be less than 10% over the next five years, according to the government programme, which will be discussed this Wednesday in parliament.

Angola hosts 13th Summit of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries

19 July 2018
Angola hosts the 13th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), to be held in 2020, following a decision made at this year's meeting on the island of Sal, Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), which elected Portuguese ambassador Francisco Ribeiro Teles as the institution's new executive secretary, according to the local press.

Portuguese-speaking African countries and Timor-Leste receive 26 million euros from the European Union

19 July 2018
The Portuguese-speaking African countries and Timor-Leste (PALOP-TL) will have access to 26 million euros provided by the European Union (EU) to support two projects to promote employment in the cultural sector and reforms in the management of public finances, which was signed on Wednesday on the island of Sal in Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), the EU delegation in the archipelago said.

Entrepreneurs want CPLP to focus more attention on the economy

18 July 2018
Entrepreneurs want the subject of the economy to become a greater focus within the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) and allow them to take up room as economic leaders, the president of the CPLP Business Confederation (CE-CPLP) Jorge Carlos Fonseca, said during a hearing granted by the President of Cabo Verde.

6th Macau Ministerial Forum meeting postponed to 2020

16 July 2018
The sixth ministerial meeting of Forum Macau, which had been scheduled for 2019, will be delayed until 2020, according to diplomatic sources linked to the institution.

Food products from Portuguese-speaking countries showcased in Dongguan, China

13 July 2018
The Macau-Dongguan Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum and the Promotional Activity of Products from the Portuguese-speaking Countries - Dongguan were recently held in that city on the Pearl River Delta organised by the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and the Dongguan Trade Department, according to official information.

Products from Macau and Portuguese-speaking countries available on NetEase Kaola

4 July 2018
Products from Macau and Portuguese-speaking countries are now available on NetEase Kaola, a cross-border e-commerce platform from China, at the "Macau Pavilion," an effective new channel to explore China's domestic market, according to the Macau Economic Services Bureau.

University of Coimbra launches course on relationship between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries

3 July 2018
China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries in the World Economy: Trade, Tourism, Cooperation and Development is the official name of an advanced training course coordinated by Carmen Amado Mendes to be taught over two semesters between the end of September and December and between February and May, at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, according to official information.
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