The Internet – and e-commerce in particular – offer new opportunities for developing countries to grow, but maximizing the potential of this opportunity requires more trust in these markets, for example, by protecting consumer rights and preventing cybercrime, a senior UNCTAD official said on Tuesday.
The relationship between trade and gender is a complex one, but UNCTAD and UN Women have partnered to raise the understanding of these issues among policymakers, by developing a 4-hour online course, “Trade and Gender Equality“.
The trade community has a responsibility to make the trade in fisheries more inclusive and sustainable, including by ending pointless and harmful fishing subsidies, a top UNCTAD official said at a meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva.
