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International Trade and Commodities

The overall objective of the programme is to promote inclusive and sustainable development through international trade. It offers analysis and advice and seeks to build consensus, strengthen capacity and promote partnerships for trade policy, trade negotiations, trade in goods and services, competition law and consumer protection, and managing issues arising at the intersection of trade, the environment and climate change.

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23 May 2013Global Services Forum to focus on sector vital to developing-country economies

Research and trends in the global economy indicate that developing countries cannot develop without expanding and deepening their services sectors - spheres of economic activity that range from energy, to telecommunications, to such knowledge- and skills-based work as engineering and computer programming.

17 May 2013Culture vital for development progress, Deputy Secretary-General tells meeting

Culture, as exemplified by thriving creative industries around the world, has many positive spillovers for human development, UNCTAD’s Deputy Secretary-General has said in China.

15 May 2013Trade in creative products reached new peak in 2011, UNCTAD figures show

Numbers released in run-up to Global Services Forum in Beijing show creative industries exports rose sharply from 2002-2011.

14 May 2013Joint UNCTAD-ILO report urges greater attention to farming sector

A new book edited by UNCTAD and the International Labour Organization (ILO) stresses that agricultural trade can be an opportunity for creating jobs and alleviating poverty around the world.

13 May 2013Cuba’s ratification of trade preferences pact welcomed

Cuba’s ratification of the São Paulo Round of the Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP) will accelerate implementation of the agreement, other GSTP participants have said.

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