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International Trade and Commodities

The goal of UNCTAD´s programmes on International Trade is to promote the development of developing countries through international trade; provide support for their participation in international trade negotiations; strengthen service-sector capacities in developing countries; promote the integration of trade, environment and development; analyse issues related to competition law, policy and development; and seek to enhance the contribution of the commodity sector to development through diversification and risk management.

NEWS

07 March 2013First workshop held on Services Policy Review for Nicaragua

Nicaraguan Government officials and UNCTAD experts met in Managua on 25 and 26 February 2013 to review the initial findings of a Services Policy Review of the country.

12 February 2013UNCTAD-OECD working meeting on trade issues

A working meeting was held between UNCTAD and OECD high-level representatives at the OECD Secretariat in Paris.

11 February 2013UNCTAD study on Mexican agriculture and trade presented to Government

Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi presented an UNCTAD report on Mexican agriculture and trade to the country’s Ambassador to the United Nations Office at Geneva.

18 December 2012Competition agencies celebrate World Competition Day

Competition agencies across the globe have joined together to celebrate World Competition Day, which marks the thirty-second anniversary of the adoption by the General Assembly, on 5 December 1980, of the United Nations Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices (UN Set).

26 September 2012Forum on Trade and the Green Economy to meet

The new Forum, to be held at UNCTAD in December, hopes to resolve conflicts involving trade rules and government environmental measures before they go to more formal dispute-settlement mechanisms.

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