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WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement now in force

The World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) entered into force on Feb 22, with Rwanda, Oman, Chad and Jordan as the latest to...

Global foreign direct investment down 13% in 2016; modest recovery seen...

Global flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) fell 13% in 2016 to an estimated $1.52 trillion as global economic growth remained weak and world...

IATA, UNCTAD cooperate to standardize cargo messaging standards

The Cargo-XML messaging standard of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) is now fully integrated into ASYCUDAWorld, the United Nations Conference on Trade and...

Officials meet at UNCTAD forum to prep for Trade Facilitation Agreement

With a major global agreement on making international trade "faster, easier and cheaper" due to take effect in the early weeks of 2017, more...

UNCTAD convenes forum for National Trade Facilitation Committees

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will organize the first International Forum for National Trade Facilitation Committees (NTFCs) in cooperation with the...

What next once WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement enters into force?

The entry into force of the Trade Facilitation Agreement is imminent. Only five more ratifications are needed. For developing countries that have ratified or...

Better access to G20 markets could boost exports from poorest countries...

The world’s poorest countries are barely engaging in the global economy, but fully liberalising trade for these countries into G20 markets could boost their...

Declining trade value amid volume growth alarming, says UNCTAD

The falling value of world trade in goods and services even as the global economy grew in 2015 gives cause for concern, said a...

Vanuatu celebrates 15 years of automated customs

Meeting with other customs officials in a UN meeting room on a frosty European winter's day, Ben Malas is a long way from his...

Access to tech, financial aid made easy with eTrade program

Policy makers in developing countries will be able to access cutting edge technical and financial assistance on e-commerce, when the eTrade for All launches...