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UNCTAD's BioTrade Initiative champions companies whose business model benefits of both the planet's plants and animals and people.

A 1.6-million-euro German donation to UNCTAD will help the UN's trade and development body work with African partners to implement a landmark continental agreement on cross-border commerce.

The sustainable and innovative commercialization of native plants and animals can reduce poverty and protect resources, experts agreed in Egypt.

Lengthy, complex trade negotiations can be sped up and simplified with artificial intelligence, but new technology always brings new concerns, a 5 October meeting at UNCTAD heard.

By using an UNCTAD database to identify and compile non-tariff measures, Malaysia hopes to reduce the cost of compliance by 25%.

Policymakers and practitioners specializing in non-tariff measures will gather at UNCTAD's NTM Week 2018 in Geneva from 9-11 October.

UNCTAD, in partnership with Swiss non-governmental organization Helvetas, held two back-to-back workshops in Luang Prabang, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, focusing on issues on BioTrade and Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) in the Mekong Region (Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, and Viet Nam).

UNCTAD, the UN Economic Commission for Europe and the governments of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan launch databases on non-tariff measures, making the countries' trade rules more transparent.

Following the invitation from the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Vietnam – the host of the APEC Public – Private Dialogue to advance understandings on NTMs in Textile Industry, UNCTAD has joined the dialogue from 12 – 13 April 2018 in Hanoi and shared practical knowledge on NTMs in the textile and garment industry, and on mitigating NTMs’ adverse impacts as trade barriers.

UNCTAD and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) will update their Non-Tariff Measures database for the following ten ASEAN countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet nam.