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Here’s why the UN has dedicated a whole year to the creative economy and its critical role in promoting sustainable development, especially in a post-coronavirus world.

The SDG Trade Monitor offers a one-stop shop for users to obtain updated and disaggregated official data on global trade’s contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

UNCTAD estimates show a 5% drop in world trade in the third quarter of 2020 compared to 2019, an improvement from the 19% decline in the second quarter but insufficient to pull trade out of the red.

By Steve MacFeely, Chief Statistician, UNCTAD

Stakeholders gather to share experiences and exchange information to advance the welfare of consumers in open markets.

UNCTAD urges competition authorities to use all their tools to combat the adverse consequences of COVID-19 in the markets.

Written by By Teresa Moreira, Head of Competition and Consumer Policies Branch, UNCTAD

The first Instanbul Competition Forum meets amid growing concerns about market power and wealth concentration in the hands of a few digital giants.

While competition law's logic is sound, it needs new levers to address the challenges of the modern world and help regulators and enforcers do their jobs.

Amid tit for tat tariff hikes between the United States and China,, trade is being diverted and a handful of countries will capture a slice of the giants' exports, UNCTAD estimates.