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Ethiopia’s business to play bigger role in WTO accession effort

03/01/2013 2:39:30 AM

Ethiopia should assess the potential benefits of liberalization of its services sector as a means to fulfil its own ambitions for growth and development in the upcoming negotiations for the country’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). This...

Private sector and government cooperation key to maximising benefits from Liberia’s WTO accession

12/20/2012 9:32:04 AM

That was the message at a meeting earlier this month where representatives from private sector associations and government ministries and agencies met to discuss Liberia’s bid for WTO membership. At the three day event, attended by over 50 participants,...

Understanding NTMs means understanding trade interests

10/17/2012 5:49:17 AM

Understanding the policy implications of non-tariff measures (NTMs) is crucial to policymakers and researchers for them to defend the trade interests of Pakistan, according to Mr Tahir Maqsood, Director-General of PITAD. Mr Maqsood was addressing the...

Trade and public policies: A closer look at non-tariff measures in the 21st century

09/25/2012 5:03:39 AM

The World Trade Organization's (WTO) World Trade Report 2012 takes a fresh look at non-tariff measures (NTMs). NTMs are nothing new, they have existed since countries started to trade and been subject to General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade disciplines...

ITC welcomes Russia and Vanuatu as WTO members

08/28/2012 12:41:02 PM

The Russian Federation on 22 August became the 156th member of the World Trade Organization, putting an end to the accession process that started in June 1993. With Russia as a member of the trade arbiter, WTO will represent 98% of global trade. Russia’s...

Tajiks prepare for next step in WTO membership talks

07/02/2012 11:58:04 AM

ITC’s efforts to help Tajikistan implement domestic reforms in order to become a full member of the World Trade Organization are moving ahead steadily. On 21-23 may, ITC staff co-hosted a series of training events and meetings in Dushanbe as part of...

Opening government procurement to women’s enterprises

06/28/2012 10:43:08 AM

In a little more than a century, 40 women have won the Nobel Prize, and there is a steady improvement in the representation of women in national parliaments worldwide. Women have achieved levels of excellence that indeed have made our world a better...

Economic Partnership Agreements: what are the implications?

06/06/2012 3:53:34 AM

ITC’s Trade Support and Regional Integration Programme for the Côte d’Ivoire (PACIR) will on 7 and 8 June host a workshop in Abidjan to inform and discuss about the commercial aspects and implications of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). ITC will...

Pinning down policies for international investment

03/29/2012 9:28:47 AM

Despite turmoil in the global economy, global foreign direct investment (FDI) rose by 17% in 2011 to US$ 1.5 trillion. This sum surpassed average global FDI before the 2008 financial crisis. However, the fragility of the world economy will have an impact...

One year on - Partnership agreement with the Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development and the World Trade Institute

02/20/2012 10:24:21 AM

The Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development (PITAD), the World Trade Institute (WTI) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) met on 20 January 2012 at WTI in Bern, Switzerland, to review progress on the first year of their partnership agreement...

Ethiopia has edge over other poor nations in bid to join WTO, Lamy says

02/09/2012 7:43:44 AM

Ethiopia has a better chance of becoming a member of the World Trade Organization than any other least-developed country, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy said. This is largely due to Ethiopia's status as the second-most populous African nation, with more than 82 million inhabitants, even though other LDCs have bigger economies, Lamy told Mulu Solomon, president of the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations, on January 30 in Addis Ababa...

Poised for WTO membership: the Russian Federation

12/07/2011 10:07:48 AM

When I opened the 31st formal, and final, Working Party on the Accession of the Russian Federation to the WTO, jubilation and excitement were in the air. It was among the most eagerly awaited events at the WTO, bringing to a close 18 years of talks between...

The shape of globalization: China’s remarkable role

12/02/2011 11:00:13 AM

Ten years ago, China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO). Its membership and integration into the world economy had a huge – and hugely underestimated – positive impact on global prosperity. Consumers gained from less expensive imports and, more...

Services sector export development strategy for Pakistan discussed during ITC organized public private dialogue (PPD)

11/21/2011 10:40:55 AM

The first PPD on Services Sector Export Development Strategy for Pakistan took place in Islamabad on 27 October 2011 within the framework of the European Union (EU) funded Trade Related Technical Assistance (TRTA II) programme. Over 120 participants from public and private sectors as well as civil society attended the event...

The World Bank’s ICT innovations for accountability and service delivery

10/26/2011 10:52:06 AM

In an increasingly connected world, creative uses of technology provide new opportunities to enable two-way information flows between governments and citizens. Through its ICT Knowledge Platform on Innovations for Accountability and Service Delivery...

New approaches to feeding the world’s population

09/28/2011 8:12:11 AM

Development aid has targeted food security and agri-business for more than 40 years, but has yet to succeed in overcoming the imbalance between supply and demand. Nor has it made much impact on reducing hunger and rural poverty among communities that...

ITC provides access in four ways to bolster trade

06/30/2011 10:46:00 AM

ITC Deputy Executive Director addresses annual advisory group meeting Addressing the annual Joint Advisory (JAG) meeting, Jean-Marie Paugam, Deputy Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC) emphasized four innovative contributions...

The SPS Agreement: WTO agreement on the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures

02/24/2011 6:41:52 PM

Although import duties on many agricultural products have been dropped or waived as part of preferential trading agreements, farmers in developing countries are facing new challenges to selling their products around the world. Technical requirements, particularly for the hygiene and safety of products, have become one of the greatest barriers to trade for many producers.

Netherlands Trust Fund (NTF II) - Yemen

12/08/2010 4:24:30 AM

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Netherlands Trust Fund (NTF II) - Senegal

12/07/2010 12:20:02 PM

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Netherlands Trust Fund (NTF II) - Kenya

12/07/2010 10:01:07 AM

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12/07/2010 5:08:45 AM

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Promoting the voice of the private sector in Aid for Trade

12/06/2010 6:18:23 AM

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Private sector needs greater voice in African trade integration talks

11/30/2010 6:32:44 AM

Private sector forum on eve of African Union summit urges business partnerships ahead of politics. As African nations strive to achieve closer integration in trade in response to the global economic crisis, ITC Executive Director Patricia R. Francis has warned...