Currency wars have been often cited as a policy trade off when signing a trade agreement. At the same time the world is evolving into Global Value Chains with every country engaged in different levels of production and trade integration.
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E-commerce Week: UNCTAD Promotes Investment in Digital Economy
Geneva, Switzerland 26 April 2017 – Two UNCTAD studies show that in order to enable an environment for investment in the digital economy, there is a need for better policy coordination between investment authorities, ministries and the public institutions managing digital development.
New Survey on Trade in Digital Services Expected to Fill Data Void
Costa Rica, Egypt, India and Thailand are set to test a new method for collecting statistics that would provide governments with key data on trade in services, an UNCTAD official said.
Trade Community Must End the Pointless Subsidies-WTO
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.
UNCTAD Steps in to Help Nations Ratify Global Trade Deal
UNCTAD has launched a new vehicle to help developing countries speed up ratification and acceptance of the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Trade Facilitation, which aims at cutting red tape in cross-border trade in goods and services between the 161 countries that are members of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
UN Meeting Seeks Reform Of Investment Treaties
MORE than 50 high-level representatives from governments, the private sector and civil society convened in Geneva to address the challenges arising from international investment agreements (IIAs) and consider ways to reform the international investment policy regime at a United Nations held during UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum at the Palais des Nations.
Productive Capacity Needed To Boost Growth In Landlock Developing Countries
THERE are structural hurdles to unlocking growth in landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), a high-level meeting on investment in LLDCs heard on the final day of UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on 16 October.
UNCTAD Book Assesses Impact Of Trade Policy On Poverty
A novel collaborative approach between academics and policymakers examines the impact of trade policy on poor people in eight developing and transition countries in a new book published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Virtual Institute. Trade Policies, Household Welfare and Poverty Alleviation: Case Studies from the Virtual Institute Academic Network, […]