Rules of Origin for LDCs

UNCTAD calls for reforms to existing rules to help the continent’s companies take advantage of African free trade agreements.

A new study presented at the WTO's 11th Ministerial says countries' rules for determining a product's origin are increasingly similar, which is good news for the global trading system.

Ahead of WTO MC11, the UNCTAD expert explains why global trade is increasingly discriminatory, and what’s at stake for Least Developed Countries.

UNCTAD and the Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia organized workshops last month in Pnhom Penh to discuss the possible trade implications raised from the TPP and Free trade Agreements between the European Union and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

A three-day Executive Training Seminar on Rules of Origin in International Trade was organized by UNCTAD and the Academy of Global Governance of the European University Institute from 1-3 March, as part of their established partnership.

A one-week executive training session on drafting and negotiating preferential rules of origin was organized by UNCTAD for delegates from selected least developed countries, in preparation for the meeting of the WTO Committee on rules of origin.

UNCTAD organized an Expert Group meeting, in Geneva, for the Least Developed Countries (LDC) to discuss the progress made on the items covered by the LDC Package (TN/C/W/63) namely, duty-free and quota-free market access, Preferential rules of origin, the Services Waiver and the "Cotton issue".

Cambodia's expanding bicycle-manufacturing industry will face challenges if rules of origin for preferential tariffs are changed, experts have said.