Trade Negotiations

More than 235 trade officials from over 70 countries completed the course, aimed at making trade deals better adapted to shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Written by Isabelle Durant, Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD

Written by Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD

New research by UNCTAD points to the potential impact of a no-deal Brexit on the UK's trading partners, including developing nations.

UNCTAD is ready to support developing countries to maximize the development benefits of e-commerce, as they mull over proposed negotiations within the WTO.

Written by Isabelle Durant, Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD

Written by Alessandro Nicita, Economist at UNCTAD

Mukhisa Kituyi tells delegates to the WTO’s ministerial meeting in Buenos Aires that multilateralism is essential for prosperity and sustainable development

At the invitation of the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade, Mr. Joakim Reiter, Deputy Secretary General of UNCTAD, undertook an advisory mission to Tehran on 27 February 2016. The purpose of the visit was to discuss possible technical assistance and capacity building that UNCTAD could provide in the context of Iran’s trade-related reforms in particular accession to the WTO.

​UNCTAD, the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and the government of Turkey have been joining forces to assist developing and least developed countries from the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in their WTO accession negotiations.