Brazil

With one more ratification, the Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries will unlock the full potential of a $16 trillion market with over 4 billion people.

The five advocates are successful women entrepreneurs and pioneers in the digital economy.

With about 75% of all the plastic ever produced becoming waste, countries are exploring how to use trade and development policies and negotiations in the fight against plastic pollution.

By Henrique Pacini, Economist, UNCTAD