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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Nov 8, 20222 min read
WTO’s World Trade Report Released At COP27: Trade Must Be A Cornerstone Of Climate Action
The 2022 edition of the WTO’s World Trade Report presents new analysis and recommendations on how international trade and greater...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jun 29, 20222 min read
UN ESCAP: Has WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Really Helped Reduce Trade Costs?
Five years after the entry into force of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), many countries have made progress in implementing...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Apr 13, 20221 min read
WTO & WEF Co-Launch Tradetech Policy Report
The promise of TradeTech: Policy approaches to harness trade digitalization Technology has always propelled trade. From the invention of...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Mar 17, 20222 min read
ICC and WTO launch first-ever standards toolkit for paperless trade
The International Chamber of Commerce and the World Trade Organization have today published the first-ever toolkit to help companies and...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Feb 8, 20211 min read
World Trade Organization looks set to have its first Female & First African leader
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Set to Become W.T.O.’s First Female Leader Her path was cleared after Yoo Myung-hee, the South Korean trade minister,...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Sep 21, 20203 min read
WTO members narrow field of DG candidates
Great to see 3 Women Trade Leaders in the shortlist for the next WTO DG with strong representation from Africa and Asia. The WTO took...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Sep 8, 20201 min read
The Year That Hammered Global Trade Still Poses Five Big Risks
This year could end today and it would still rival the most challenging periods for the international trading system. But the next 3 1/2...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Sep 4, 20204 min read
The WTO Leadership Race
On May 14, 2020, then-director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Roberto Azevedo announced he would step down on September 1,...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Sep 2, 20201 min read
As Roberto Azevêdo Jumps Ship from WTO to Pepsi, What Legacy Does he Leave Behind?
Azevedo has claimed success on issues like a Trade Facilitation Agreement aimed to cut through delays in trade. But on his watch, the WTO...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Aug 28, 20202 min read
WTO - How COVID-19-related restrictions on cross-border mobility are affecting global trade
A new information note published by the WTO Secretariat highlights how trade in goods and services has been affected by temporary border...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Aug 18, 20202 min read
WTO: An Optimistic Pre-Mortem In Hopes Of Resurrection
Interesting perspectives by DMITRY GROZOUBINSKI, The Lowy Institute ahead of WTO elections and at a critical time for the revitalisation...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Aug 3, 20203 min read
Trade Intelligence Supporting Economic Recovery Expands To Asia
As nations in Asia adapt to Covid-19, regional trade conflicts, trade embargoes and new trade deals, accurate trade intelligence is...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jun 25, 20201 min read
WTO: Candidates for DG selection process 2020 announced
With the nomination of two hugely credible female candidates and representation from Latin America, Africa, Middle East, Europe and Asia...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jun 24, 20201 min read
APEC: Why Trade is a Critical Response to COVID-19
Interesting insights By Krasna Bobenrieth When COVID-19 first started to garner attention at the beginning of 2020, nobody foresaw the...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jun 23, 20201 min read
5 ways to advance digital trade in the post-COVID world
Recommendations by GTDW Speaker Ziyang Fan Head of Digital Trade, World Economic Forum & Mike Gallaher The COVID-19 pandemic has...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
May 15, 20201 min read
WTO Director-General’s Resignation - What do you need to know
The World Trade Organization’s Director General, Roberto Azevêdo announced his resignation effective 31 August of this year. His tenure...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Apr 7, 20201 min read
WCO and WTO join forces to minimize disruptions to cross-border trade in goods
The heads of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a joint statement on 6 April pledging to...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Mar 17, 20202 min read
Trade Facilitation Ghana - Coalition of CSOs Call for Termination of UNIPASS Deal
Coalition of CSOs in Ghana has called on President Nana Akuffo-Addo to as a matter of urgency intervene and stop the Ghana Link/UNIPASS...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Feb 28, 20202 min read
How Can Trade Compliance Heads Leverage Data & Technology In Uncertain Times For Trade?
''Leveraging Data & Innovative Technologies to Comply with Trade Regulations, Mitigate Risks & Maintain Operating Margins in an...
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