 | 19 Jan 2022 | | Latest news |
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Dear maria CHADZIDAKIS VAVOURANAKIS,
Below are the news items published today on the WTO public website |
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| WTO report looks into steps taken to boost LDCs’ participation in international trade |
| A new WTO publication launched on 19 January highlights that further support will be needed from the international community in the next decade to strengthen least-developed countries’ (LDC) participation in world trade. While LDCs have benefited over the past ten years from greater market access opportunities, flexibilities in implementing WTO rules and trade-related technical assistance, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to even greater challenges for these countries, hitting their exports hard. |
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| Austria gives EUR 200,000 to boost developing countries’ trade expertise via chairs network |
| The government of Austria has contributed EUR 200,000 (CHF 215,000) in 2022 to the Global Trust Fund to support the new phase of the WTO Chairs Programme, an initiative aimed at supporting trade-related academic activities in developing countries and least-developed countries (LDCs). |
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More info:
Subject:
Launch of the Joint policy note: “The role of trade in developing countries' road to recovery” via Zoom by the World Bank Group and the WTO
By:
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, WTO Director-General
Tipu Munshi, Minister of Commerce, Bangladesh
María Ximena Lombana Villalba, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Colombia
Betty C. Maina, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development, Kenya
Indermit Gill, Vice President, Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions, World Bank Group.
Date/time:
Monday 24 January at 2 pm Geneva time
Place:
To attend the event virtually via Zoom, please register in advance via this link:
https://worldtradeorganization.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5nHF4X66TI6TqMXiXimSnA
N.B. Interpretation in the three official languages (English, French and Spanish) will be provided.
The event will be livestreamed on Youtube:http://youtu.be/cM3YgmBwkoc
(interpretation will not be available on Youtube)
The launch will be followed by a Q & A session.
Best regards,
WTO Webmaster
