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Trade Organization affirms resilience of the sector after a year of war in Ukraine
The World Trade Organization, explains its article titled "A year of war in Ukraine: assessing the impact on global trade and development" estimates that trade growth in 2022 was above the WTO's 3% trade forecast issued in april and substantially higher than its estimates for more pessimistic scenarios for the year.
Strong increase in the risk of cyber-attacks after the invasion of Ukraine
March Risk Solutions has detected a sharp increase in the risk of cyber-attacks as a result of the sanctions imposed on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. The broker already warned last November of a 275% increase in the management of this type of claims derived from the digitalization process of companies.
Flour companies could be affected by conflicts between Russia and Ukraine
Russia is the world leader in wheat exports and Ukraine is fourth in the list, so the blockade of the main ports in the area has led to an increase of up to 40% in just one week in the prices of the most traded contracts of this product in the Chicago Stock Exchange, reaching a 14-year high.