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Taking steps to boost the Bangladeshi software industry

11/01/2013 09:39:58 AM

The International Trade Centre’s (ITC) NTF II Bangladesh team on 7 December (2012) organized an IT industry roundtable discussion at the Digital World conference in Dhaka. During the discussion recommendations from the United Nations Conference on Trade...

Interregional and intraregional trade in emerging markets identified as key to addressing global economic crisis

15/10/2012 08:02:16 AM

Emerging markets will account for upwards of 80 percent of total global GDP growth in 2012, driven in part by trade within and between these markets. One of the rare bright spots in global economic news, growth in interregional and intraregional trade among emerging markets makes up one-fifth of the world’s total trade and is expected to surpass North-South trade flows by 2030.

Marketing Crafts and Visual Arts: The Role of Intellectual Property – a Practical Guide

02/05/2011 10:52:17 AM

Marketing Crafts and Visual Arts: The Role of Intellectual Property – a Practical Guide This guide deals with the relationship between the successful marketing of crafts and visual arts, and the appropriate use of intellectual property (IP) system instruments. It: identifies situations where obtain

Potential projects going from Nairobi to Istanbul

27/04/2011 06:30:55 AM

Three potential tourism-related projects which were discussed at a preparatory workshop in Nairobi are being taken to ITC’s World Export Development Forum (WEDF) in Istanbul for further development. Public and private sector experts worked alongside ITC representatives in early April to develop the first outline of the potential pilot projects...

ITC connects vietnamese handicraft exporters to international buyers

21/04/2011 10:16:05 AM

The International Trade Centre (ITC) is providing Vietnamese home décor and giftware exporters with an opportunity to sell their products to more than 1,000 international buyers...

BB 2010-04-30 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 17

18/03/2011 05:45:24 AM

Liberalisation in most markets around the world has inspired dramatic growth. By 2006, total world telephone subscribers had reached nearly 4 billion (fixed and mobile), a level which brought global...

BB 2010-04-23 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 16

18/03/2011 04:59:45 AM

Logistics Services: Logistics services have always been an element of supply chain management in global trade, however with the onset of computer technology and e-commerce this service sector has become increasingly important in ...

BB 2010-04-09 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 14

17/03/2011 10:45:20 AM

Environmental services are primarily provided by governments and normally considered to be either public goods (e.g. road cleaning, garbage collection etc.) or natural monopolies...

BB 2010-03-26 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 12

17/03/2011 06:27:45 AM

It is important to note that the information presented is to provide a basic understanding of the sector through a brief overview and how it relates to the GATS.

BB 2010-03-19 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 11

17/03/2011 06:09:42 AM

Traditionally, postal services have been services supplied by state-owned entities that have a monopoly on basic mail services, while courier services, usually parcel delivery or expedited mail services, are often supplied by privately owned companies.

BB 2010-02-26 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 8

16/03/2011 11:14:12 AM

Professional services are classified in the Services Sectoral Classification list under Business Services (W/120; 1.A.). This sub-sector is wide ranging and heterogeneous.

BB 2010-02-19 General Agreements on Trade in Services - Part 7

16/03/2011 09:51:40 AM

The following exercise reviews the basic principles and obligations that have been presented in the first six parts of the series on General Agreement on Trade in Services.

BB 2010-02-12 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 6

16/03/2011 06:48:31 AM

It is a basic principle of the Agreement that the most favoured nation (MFN) treatment applies to all measures affecting trade in services.

BB 2010-02-05 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 5

15/03/2011 11:43:09 AM

GATS Commitments Commitments in a Member’s Schedule set out the levels of liberalisation that have been undertaken in a given sector. A schedule includes two parts: the horizontal section and the sector specific section. Both parts are organised in the same manner...

BB 2010-01-29 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 4

15/03/2011 11:34:24 AM

MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS. Recognition disciplines in Article VII set out the criteria for arrangements to facilitate the authorization, licensing or...

BB 2010-01-22 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 3

15/03/2011 09:50:57 AM

The general obligations and disciplines of the WTO Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) contain many of the same principles that are the cornerstones of the multilateral trading system as a whole.

BB 2010-01-15 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Part 2

15/03/2011 09:15:45 AM

The WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) defines trade in services by means of four different ways in which they can be supplied.

BB 2010-01-08 General Agreement on Trade in Services - Intro

15/03/2011 09:02:23 AM

The Uruguay Round of trade talks (1986-1994) created the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS or the Agreement), bringing services trade within the multilateral framework of international trade law for the first time.

Service Pioneers: Stories of Innovative Entrepreneurs

09/03/2011 10:44:49 AM

Service Pioneers Service Pioneers 2011-03-09

EC-Cariforum Economic Partnership Agreement: Services and Investment Commitments

09/03/2011 08:57:51 AM

EC califorum EC califorum 2011-03-03

Ethical Fashion: Quality control in Africa Community Projects

24/02/2011 06:43:27 PM

In East Africa, an ITC Ethical Fashion project is demonstrating that international quality and standards can be met, even in the most remote and impoverished communities.

Developing Countries Urged to Focus on the Value of Exports Rather Than Volume

10/01/2011 11:49:48 AM

Focusing on the value of exports rather than simply their volume is a key means for developing countries to survive and prosper in times of economic crisis, said Patricia R. Francis, ITC's Executive Director...