20 Sep 2012
"The investment–trade nexus is leading to a world in which … policymakers in the twenty-first century cannot afford to ignore the implications of GVCs for their industrial, investment and trade policies,” UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Pantichpakdi told the high-level panel convened yesterday after the opening plenary of the conference on "Global Value Chain in the 21st Century" jointed organised by China's Ministry of Commerce, UNCTAD, OECD and the WTO in Beijing.