World Export Development Forum participants have their say on event.

Susilo Bambang Yodhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia, opened the 13th World Export Development Forum (WEDF) in Jakarta by urging the 500 participating policymakers, business leaders and trade support institution representatives to ensure that businesses, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), benefit from greater links between growth markets and the rest of the world.

Discussions on overcoming barriers impeding access to trade finance in emerging markets bookended the 13th edition of WEDF 2012 today. The event has brought together 400 delegates representing more than 40 countries from across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America to debate approaches to expanding trade flows between and within the world’s growth markets...

WEDF 2012: During a busy morning at the World Export Development Forum in Jakarta, three parallel sessions put focus on corporations, trade support institutions and smallholder producers.

WEDF 2012: Parallel sessions at WEDF’s second day shed light on how to integrate SMEs in the value chain, better promotion of services exports, and how to increase procurement for women.

WEDF 2012: Panellists at parallel sessions at the first day of WEDF 2012 discuss public-private partnership, the critical role of infrastructure to enhance competiveness, and how non-tariff obstacles to trade can be overcome.

Emerging markets will account for upwards of 80% total global GDP growth in 2012, driven in part by trade within and between these markets.

WEDF 2012: Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono today opened the annual World Export Development Forum, which this year is held in Jakarta under the theme ‘Linking Growth Markets: New dynamics in global trade.’

Slowing or negative growth in mature, wealthy economies is encouraging businesses and policymakers in developing countries to pursue trade opportunities in high growth emerging markets. While the shift in focus has already begun, many unexploited opportunities opportunities remain in inter-regional and intra-regional trade...

ITC urges policymakers at WTO’s Committee on Trade and Development to accelerate efforts to ensure gender equality and do more to empower women.

The 2011 World Export Development Forum focused on ways to develop sustainable tourism with the announcement of four projects to connect small- and medium- sized enterprises in least developed countries to the tourism industry.  Held...

The International Trade Centre (ITC) announced today the development of four projects to connect small- and medium-sized enterprises in least developed countries (LDCs) to the tourism industry. The pilot projects are the outcomes...

Mr. Ed Fuller, president and managing director of international lodging for Marriott International, has been confirmed to provide the keynote address at the World Export Development Forum in Istanbul on 10 May...

The 44th Session of ITC’s Joint Advisory Group (JAG) Meeting in December 2010 saw emphasis placed on the commitment to a partnership approach by the ITC, World Trade Organization (WTO) and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)...

The 11th World Export Development Forum (WEDF) held in Chongqing, China on 9–12 September highlighted renewed optimism and commitment to the export-led growth model and the necessity for trade, with a need to rethink strategies...

The 11th World Export Development Forum (WEDF) wound up here today with the more than 300 delegates from 60 countries expressing optimism about trade growth in the post-crisis era and reaffirming their commitment...

Trade strategies in the wake of the financial crisis need to focus on long-term sustainable growth, rather than short-term fixes. That is according to Ms. Patricia Francis, Executive Director of ITC, as she opened the proceedings of the first full day of the World Export Development Forum 2010 (WEDF) in Chongqing, China...