While conditions in trade finance markets returned to normality in the main routes of trade, the structural … difficulties of poor countries in accessing trade finance have not disappeared – and might have been worsened during and after the … global financial crisis. There is a consistent flow of information indicating that trade finance markets have remained …

This study analyses the role of Aid for Trade in reducing trade costs in least developed countries (LDCs). The analysis … builds on questionnaires and case stories submitted as part of the Aid-for-Trade monitoring and evaluation exercise for the … Fifth Global Review of Aid for Trade. Trade costs are high in LDCs and constitute a major impediment to their participation …

Market access negotiations in merchandise trade at the multilateral level cover tariffs and non-tariff measures (NTMs … negotiations in trade in goods. However, most NTMs are now the subject to negotiations on the rules under which they may be applied …, e.g. in the areas of contingency protection and technical barriers to trade. …

This paper analyses the results of the financial services negotiations under the General Agreement on Trade in Services … (GATS) at the World Trade Organization (WTO). It shows that the negotiations have contributed to more stable and transparent …