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How to increase benefits from the generalized system of trade preferences
18 Jul 2023
A new UNCTAD report examines gains from the half-century-old preferential trade scheme and how to make its benefits more inclusive and sustainable.
Demand for raw materials for electric car batteries set to rise further
25 Jun 2020
Surging need is driven by boom in electric cars, with 23 million passenger vehicles expected to be produced by 2030, says a new UNCTAD report.
The trade cost of a no-deal Brexit to the United Kingdom
3 Sep 2019
Written by:Pamela Coke Hamilton, Director, Division on International Trade and Commodities and Alessandro Nicita, Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD
Gum Arabic: growing demand means new opportunities for African producers
25 Apr 2018
A better deal could bring benefits for producers of gum arabic, a natural and versatile ingredient used in food, drinks and chemical products.
$89 billion lost in underuse of European Union free trade agreements, report shows
29 Jan 2018
Importers and exporters make use of the free trade agreements that the EU has signed with other countries - but not as much as they could.
Putting trade at the heart of poverty-reduction policies in Africa
10 Apr 2015
Sixty policy makers from 15 least developed countries in Africa came together to discuss mainstreaming trade into national policies aimed at reducing poverty.
Global value chains under scrutiny at UNCTAD Commodities Forum
25 Mar 2014
Only 8% of the value created by international supply chains flows to 100-plus developing countries, analysis by UNCTAD suggests, placing the role of "global value chains" in developing countries' strategies among discussions to be held at UNCTAD’s upcoming Global Commodities Forum.
Greater attention needed to farming sector, experts tell commodities meeting
20 Mar 2013
High prices for basic farm goods and industrial raw materials, with the complex effects that these cause on the economies of numerous poor countries, are not expected to decline any time soon, the Global Commodities Forum has been told.
UNCTAD study on Mexican agriculture and trade presented to Government
11 Feb 2013
Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi presented an UNCTAD report on Mexican agriculture and trade to the country’s Ambassador to the United Nations Office at Geneva.