Trade Policy

Experts examine the challenges to overcome to level the digital trade playing field for women in developing countries and boost gender equality.

Including a gender lens in national policies can empower women to participate in trade and structural transformation on an equal footing with men.

By Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD

Coronavirus pandemic recovery efforts should provide comprehensive social protection, fight climate change and ensure vaccines reach the poorest people quickly.

Speakers at the UN Trade Forum call for a more coherent policy framework to ensure trade plays a bigger role in climate action, while fostering development.

By Ralf Peters and Divya Prabhakar, UNCTAD

Leading figures convene at the UN Trade Forum 2021 to explore how to ensure a COVID-19 economic recovery that protects the planet and promotes inclusive development.

Written by Chantal Line Carpentier, UNCTAD, and Katrin Kuhlmann, Georgetown Law School

The joint UNCTAD-OECD Report, released today, reveals that investment policy making in G20 members has slowed down further during the reporting period (mid-May to mid-October 2019). Only a few G20 Members took investment policy action, and the number of measures was low.

Global trade has catalysed economic growth both in developing and developed countries, but its benefits have not been shared equally. This could change.