Similar Search Results

An Integrated Health, Trade and IP Approach to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic : An updated extract from Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation

World Trade Organization - 2023

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic constitutes an extraordinary global public health crisis. It has …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014514497

World Trade Organization - 2020

COVID-19, caused by SARS-Cov-2, was declared to be a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. Since then, the issue of the relationship between patent protection and the development of and access to medical treatments and technologies – a longstanding and enduringly...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882832

E-commerce, Trade and the COVID-19 Pandemic

World Trade Organization - 2020

The WTO Secretariat has published a new information note looking at how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected e-commerce, including the implications for cross-border trade. It notes the increased use of e-commerce as consumers adapt to lockdowns and social distancing measures and draws attention to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882938

Helping MSMEs Navigate the COVID-19 Crisis

World Trade Organization - 2020

The WTO Secretariat has published an information note looking at how micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It notes the impact of supply chain disruptions on MSMEs and the extent to which smaller businesses are represented in the economic...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882945

The COVID-19 pandemic and trade-related developments in LDCs

World Trade Organization - 2020

A new information note published by the WTO Secretariat looks at how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the participation of least-developed countries (LDCs) in global trade. The note stresses that LDCs have seen a significant decline in export earnings due to decreasing demand in key markets,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882950

Trade Finance, Gaps and the COVID-19 Pandemic : A Review of Events and Policy Responses to Date

World Trade Organization - 2021

Developments in trade finance in 2020 were largely driven by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Twelve years after the great financial crisis of 2008-09, the issue of trade finance re-emerged as a matter of urgency. While the current pandemic-related crisis did not have a financial cause, one...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012884413

Trade therapy : Deepening cooperation to strengthen pandemic defenses

World Trade Organization - 2022

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has exposed the upsides and downsides of international trade in medical goods and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013544637

Trade Therapy : Deepening Cooperation to Strengthen Pandemic Defenses

World Bank; World Trade Organization - 2022

This report provides new data on trade in medical goods and services and medical value chains; surveys the evolving policy landscape before and during the pandemic; and proposes an action plan to improve trade policies and deepen international cooperation to deal with future pandemics

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013545293

Illicit trade in food and food fraud

World Trade Organization - 2024

International trade in food has helped to reduce global poverty and hunger. However, illicit trade in food and food … fraud undermine the global food system and endanger public health. This publication looks into the challenges of combating …, discussing how best to address illegal food trade and the role the WTO could play. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015061242

Global value chains in a changing world

Elms, Deborah K. (contributor); Low, Patrick (contributor) - 2013

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009770356