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The trade cost of a no-deal Brexit to the United Kingdom

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
Oceans Forum seeks consensus on fish-to-dish solutions

Oceans Forum seeks consensus on fish-to-dish solutions

16 Jul 2018
Time is running out to find agreement on ending harmful fisheries subsidies by 2020 but a multi-agency push hosted by UNCTAD aims to inject momentum.
90% of fish stocks are used up – fisheries subsidies must stop

90% of fish stocks are used up – fisheries subsidies must stop

13 Jul 2018
Written byMukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD and Peter Thomson, United Nations Special Envoy for the Ocean, United Nations.
$89 billion lost in underuse of European Union free trade agreements, report shows

$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.
Time is running out to find a solution to overfishing, UNCTAD warns

Time is running out to find a solution to overfishing, UNCTAD warns

29 Sep 2017
With just 10 weeks until a World Trade Organization summit in Argentina, there is a risk that no global agreement will be made to address the issue of overfishing, an UNCTAD official has told a public meeting at the international body's Geneva base.
UNCTAD joins the growing number of voluntary commitments on ocean action

UNCTAD joins the growing number of voluntary commitments on ocean action

6 Jun 2017
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Environment Program (UN Environment) announced their voluntary commitment at the Oceans Conference in New York to assist member states in the implementation of effective, inclusive policies for Sustainable Trade in fisheries.
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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.