BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a52cb5060a54 DTSTART:20231128T103000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20231128T120000Z LOCATION:Online\, SUMMARY:International webinar on regional trade agreements and fisheries an d aquaculture products: Today and tomorrow CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Aquatic products are among the most highly traded commodities\, with about 38 percent of production entering the international markets. T hey play a vital role as a generator of export revenue\, employment and va lue addition and as a contributor to global food security\, involving dive rse and interlinked actors in shipping\, processing\, wholesale and retail . However\, it still faces complex market access requirements\, non-tariff measures\, distortions associated with fisheries subsidies\, and tariff e scalation. Considering the contribution of developing countries to interna tional trade\, these obstacles may pose additional competitive challenges. Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have progressively become an essential co mponent of the global trade framework and significantly impact market acce ss\, primarily through preferential benefits. However\, the most modern RT As incorporate non-traditional trade clauses\, particularly those associat ed with sustainability\, creating specific nuances towards aquatic product s. Some of these RTAs include the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)\, the Regional Comprehensive Economi c Partnership (RCEP) and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) . South-South Trade agreements such as the General System of Trade Prefere nces among Developing countries (GSTP) can also have an important role to play enabling market access and sectoral cooperation frameworks on fisheri es and aquaculture products.The "\;International Webinar on Regional T rade Agreements and Fisheries and Aquaculture Products: Today and Tomorrow "\; aims to facilitate and discuss some of the most recent and compreh ensive RTAs from the perspective of fisheries and aquaculture products. Th e webinar will examine traditional and non-traditional trade clauses prese nt in certain RTAs and their effects on trade in fisheries and aquaculture products. In addition\, the webinar will discuss how crucial it is to dis seminate information about RTAs\, especially in light of the overall trade flow of fisheries and aquaculture products from developing to developed c ountries\, and to enhance exporting countries'\; appropriation of poss ibilities of trade preferences. The virtual webinar will take place on 28 November 2023. During the webinar\, scholars in relevant disciplines\, pra ctitioners\, and trade experts will be able to share their research\, pers pectives\, and evaluations on numerous fish-related RTA aspects.Panellists Panellists will be professors and experts from a wide range of institution s\, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)\, Shanghai Ocean University (SHOU)\, the United Nations Conference o n Trade and Development (UNCTAD)\, the University of Tokyo and the Univers ity of Florida.ObjectivesThe workshop aims to promote an understanding of RTAs and their role in fostering more competitive trade opportunities for fisheries and aquaculture products\, as well as to examine the advantages and challenges associated with their implementation and the importance of information dissemination.<\;p>\;Aquatic products are among the most h ighly traded commodities\, with about 38 percent of production entering th e international markets. They play a vital role as a generator of export r evenue\, employment and value addition and as a contributor to global food security\, involving diverse and interlinked actors in shipping\, process ing\, wholesale and retail. However\, it still faces complex market access requirements\, non-tariff measures\, distortions associated with fisherie s subsidies\, and tariff escalation. Considering the contribution of devel oping countries to international trade\, these obstacles may pose addition al competitive challenges.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have progressively become an essential component of the global tra de framework and significantly impact market access\, primarily through pr eferential benefits. However\, the most modern RTAs incorporate non-tradit ional trade clauses\, particularly those associated with sustainability\, creating specific nuances towards aquatic products. Some of these RTAs inc lude the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partner ship (CPTPP)\, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). South-South Trade agree ments such as the General System of Trade Preferences among Developing cou ntries (GSTP) can also have an important role to play enabling market acce ss and sectoral cooperation frameworks on fisheries and aquaculture produc ts.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The "\;International Webinar on Regional Tra de Agreements and Fisheries and Aquaculture Products: Today and Tomorrow&q uot\; aims to facilitate and discuss some of the most recent and comprehen sive RTAs from the perspective of fisheries and aquaculture products. The webinar will examine traditional and non-traditional trade clauses present in certain RTAs and their effects on trade in fisheries and aquaculture p roducts. In addition\, the webinar will discuss how crucial it is to disse minate information about RTAs\, especially in light of the overall trade f low of fisheries and aquaculture products from developing to developed cou ntries\, and to enhance exporting countries'\; appropriation of possib ilities of trade preferences. The virtual webinar will take place on 28 No vember 2023. During the webinar\, scholars in relevant disciplines\, pract itioners\, and trade experts will be able to share their research\, perspe ctives\, and evaluations on numerous fish-related RTA aspects.<\;/p>\; <\;h4>\;Panellists<\;/h4>\;<\;p>\;Panellists will be professor s and experts from a wide range of institutions\, including the Food and A griculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)\, Shanghai Ocean Unive rsity (SHOU)\, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNC TAD)\, the University of Tokyo and the University of Florida.<\;/p>\;& lt\;h4>\;Objectives<\;/h4>\;<\;p>\;The workshop aims to promote an understanding of RTAs and their role in fostering more competitive trad e opportunities for fisheries and aquaculture products\, as well as to exa mine the advantages and challenges associated with their implementation an d the importance of information dissemination.<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/international-webinar-regional- trade-agreements-and-fisheries-and-aquaculture-products DTSTAMP:20260711T230136Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR