Tag: World Trade Organization
Argentina’s new law favoring local auto components questioned at WTO meet
Several World Trade Organization members raised issue with Argentina’s new law that offers tax incentives to automakers that give preference to the use of...
New EU-UNCTAD agreement to help Central Africa cut trade costs
Geneva, 14 October 2016 - The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is set to support Central African countries cut the costs of their cross-border...
“Trade must be an engine of growth for all” – WTO,...
Article from WTO.
World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim...
Tackling “non-tariff measures”, the new frontier for global trade
This article is from the unctad.org.
In 2016, the growth of world trade will be at its slowest since the financial crisis of 2008, reports the...
Regional agreement seeks to enable cross-border e-trade in Asia-Pacific
A United Nations (UN) treaty that could cut export trade time by 44% and costs by 31% in the Asia-Pacific region is now awaiting...