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Reducing trade costs for inclusive, sustainable growth

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Buena Vista Social Corporate Responsibility Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements

World Trade Organization - 2021

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an integral part of many companies' business strategy. A detailed … limited but increasing number of RTAs, namely 65 agreements, refer explicitly to CSR. These CSR-related provisions are …

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International Trade in Travel and Tourism Services : Economic Impact and Policy Responses during the COVID-19 Crisis

World Trade Organization - 2020

In this paper, we investigate tourism-related policy approaches that WTO member countries adopted in the early weeks of the COVID-19 crisis. We highlight the need for stakeholders to coordinate their responses in order to mitigate the negative crisis effects and better prepare the sector for the...

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Patent-Related Actions taken in WTO Members in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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...

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Cross-Border Mobility, COVID-19 and Global Trade

World Trade Organization - 2020

A new information note published by the WTO Secretariat highlights how trade in goods and services has been affected by temporary border closures and travel restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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...

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Trade in Services in the Context of COVID-19

World Trade Organization - 2020

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The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Women in Vulnerable Sectors and Economies

World Trade Organization - 2020

Women are likely to be harder hit than men by trade disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the dangers are particularly acute in developing countries according to a new information note from the WTO Secretariat. The paper points to how governments’ policy responses could address...

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Trade Costs in the Time of Global Pandemic

World Trade Organization - 2020

The WTO Secretariat has published a new information note warning of possible increases to trade costs due to COVID-19 … disruptions. The note examines the pandemic’s impact on key components of trade costs, particularly those relating to travel and … transport, trade policy, uncertainty, and identifies areas where higher costs may persist even after the pandemic is contained. …

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COVID-19 and Agriculture : A Story of Resilience

World Trade Organization - 2020

The WTO Secretariat has published a new information note examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on world agricultural trade. The paper notes that agricultural trade has fared better than other sectors, and that initial measures focused on guaranteeing the immediate availability of food...

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