reach net zero emissions by 2050. Trade can be a central part of the solution to climate change Vietnam is experiencing and … will have to deal with in years to come. Green trade or cleaner trade, trade in environmental or environmentally friendly … goods can help Vietnam achieve not only its climate commitments but also its development ambition to become a high …

In 2015, Lao PDR is virtually unrecognizable from what it was just a decade ago. A more open, more outward trade … drastically reduced. As a crowning achievement-and after 15 years of negotiations, Lao PDR is now a member of the World Trade … Least Developed Countries (LDCs) undertaking trade reform. Optimism is in the air, and reformers know that having come so …

government in mainstreaming trade and competitiveness in the country's overall development strategy; (ii) to provide a diagnostic … a platform for development partners to coordinate action and align trade related assistance with government priorities …As part of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) program for Trade-Related Assistance to Least Developed Countries …

finance increasingly large trade deficits. Like other inflows of foreign exchange, remittances have led to an appreciation of … aim at supporting the National Trade and Integration Strategy (NTIS) through an evidence-based approach. To do so, these … existing competitiveness assessments on transport, access to finance, the tourism sector, previous trade competitiveness …

This handbook intends to be a resource for those interested in trade policy reform, in Pakistan and elsewhere. It arose … from the Pakistan trade and investment policy program (PTIPP). The PTIPP was designed to work on trade, competitiveness …, and gender in Pakistan. This handbook focuses on two pillars of the PTIPP: trade policy and trade facilitation. The …

Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and its subsequent planned ratification by the National Assembly in May 2020 … of disruptions in trade and in supply chains due to changing trade relationships, climate change, natural disasters, and … a new generation of free trade agreements (FTAs), such as the CPTPP and EVFTA, it is important to clearly demonstrate …

affordable environmental management is in place to secure sustainable economic development. The benefits of further improvements … to the environmental institutional and regulatory frameworks will be substantial not only to facilitate and sustain trade …. Moreover, while DR-CAFTA is expected to bring new possibilities for investment and trade, the agreement will also raise the …

Trade facilitation is one ... …

Trade is widely recognized to be an engine of growth that creates jobs, reduces poverty, and increases economic … opportunity. Trade facilitation measures are non-discriminatory and apply to all traders in their design; however, these measures … may not necessarily impact or benefit all traders in similar ways. There is a global lack of data on how trade …