This has been a fantastic year for my new blog here on www.larskarlsson.com. Over the last months the interest and mumber if visitors has not only increased but almost exploded. The weblog ‘Capacity Now’ has now by far surpassed my old blog, ‘Nothing is impossible’ in popularity. Last month I had more than 16.000 …
Gabon and the Kyrgyz Republic have ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), putting the total number of ratifications from members at 102. Only 8 more ratifications are needed to bring the TFA into force. The TFA will enter into force once two-thirds of the WTO membership has formally accepted the Agreement. In addition to …
Today the Nobel Prize in the memory ofAlfred Nobel is handed out by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf at the annual ceremony in Stockholm. The highlight of the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm occurs when each Nobel laureate steps forward to receive the prize from the hands of the King of Sweden. …
World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Enabling Trade Report provides us with a timely opportunity to assess how good at trade China actually is. The Global Enabling Trade Report measures 136 countries on their capacity to facilitate the flow of goods over borders and to their destination. This is a much broader measurement than simply …
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Sweden is through to the second round of the IHF Womens’s EURO 2016 in handball. In the first group round Sweden won over Spain, lost to Slovenia (a game that does not count dince Slovenia ended last in the group and is out of the tournament – and played the most exiting game the …
I am spending s few days in Stockholm for meetings. It is always a pleasure to visit out capital and one of my old ‘home towns’. I have worked here eleven pears in the past. I really like this city, one of my favourites in the world. And I have a lot of friends …
Swedish engineering skills are involved in building the new Chinese electric car company Next EV, which aims to become China’s response to Tesla. “It’s fascinating on-line Internet technology thinking all theough the company that makes this journey so exiting” says product manager Roger Malkusson to Swedish media. The next EV’s super sports car, Nine …
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Gabon and the Kyrgyz Republic have ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), putting the total number of ratifications from members at 102. Only 8 more ratifications are needed to bring the TFA into force. We are close now! This is the biggest change of trade in decades and the potential is huge. A game …
The piano. And the Artic world. Through his music, acclaimed Italian composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi has added his voice to those of eight million people from across the world demanding protection for the Arctic. He performed an original piece “Elegy for the Arctic”, on the Arctic Ocean to call for its protection, on June …
Artificial intelligence and increasing automation is going to decimate middle class jobs, worsening inequality and risking significant political upheaval, Stephen Hawking has warned. In a column in The Guardian, the world-famous physicist wrote that”the automation of factories has already decimated jobs in traditional manufacturing, and the rise of artificial intelligence is likely to extend …
Cities across Australia, the US, and Spain topped the latest ranking for best cities to live in the world. Right now, when writing this I am in the #3 ranked world city of Madrid. However not all of my own favourite cities makes the top 17 list. On the other hanaf I have mainly …
Reduced fuel emissions from more efficient cars, using mobile data to track malaria and even farming that remains one step ahead of climate change. The digital economy is already having a massive impact on society, and there is more to come, says Victoria A. Espinel, President and CEO, BSA, The Software Alliance and co-chair …
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The European Championship in handball, women’s EURO 2016 has started today in Sweden. Home team Sweden played difficult Spainnin the first game and won 25-19. A great win for us. Sweden is one of the favourites, even though giants Norway and France – and maybe Russia – are the top ranked countries in this …
These countries have improved their position most in in trading across borders in 2016. These are the fastrunners towards better positions in the World Bank Doing Bysiness Review 2016, Traing Across Borders Index.
This week I have participated in the first ever European Union Customs-Private Sector Conference on Authorized EConomic Operators (AEO) and how to modernize the EU AEO Programme based on the new Union Customs Code (UCC). The UCC was introduced on Mah 1st earlier this year. During the first day of the conference I was …
The twelve-year-old springer spaniel Billy has been appointed this year’s K9 drug-detection-dog 2016. Billy has with his dog handler Anders Mårtensson from 1 September 2015 to 31 August 2016 contributed to 65 seizures of drugs in a total benefit to society of over SEK 119 million. Billy and Anders are working together in a …
At the draw tonight for the UEFA U21 EuroCup, it was decided that hosts Poland will meet Slovakia, holders Sweden and England in Group A of the UEFA European Chanpionship Under-21 final next summer. Last year Sweden won the Championship after beating Portugal in the final. In this years’ qualification Sweden won our group …
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I have during this week I have spent a few days in the beautiful town Senec in the Bratislava Region of south- in western Slovakia. The Slovak Republic is a beautiful country and it was great to be back. I enjoyed my days in Senec and we had some great workkng meetings as well. …
Last night Norwegian 26 year Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen defeated Russian Sergey Karjakin in a playoff in the chess world championships in New York. The chess wizzkid had earlier in the finals played at a different level than normally at times being on the defensive and under pressure from Karjakin. The regular parties …
The final countdown begins! With Dominica and Mongolia ratifying the Trade Facilitation Agreement, we now have a total of 100 ratifications. Only 10 more left to realize a global deal that could slash trade costs and delays. Read more at: http://bit.ly/2g18ow3
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