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Map showing size of new US tariffs
Mapping the size of new US tariffs for developing countries
The United States is departing from nearly a century of declining tariffs that once made its rates among the world’s lowest. Amid exemptions, pauses, and country-specific rules, how high are the new tariffs facing developing countries?
 
A manufacturing plant in Ho Chi Minh city, Viet Nam.
Trade preference schemes need reforming. But how?
Changes are necessary to make trade preferences more effective in fostering growth and export diversification of developing countries.
 
A farmer cultivates jasmine rice in Yen Bai Province of Vietnam, a participant of the Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries.
Decades-old South-South trade deal offers new hope for sustainable future
Greater cooperation and policy coordination are key to reviving the landmark Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries for a greener and better tomorrow.
 
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RCEP: A new centre of gravity for global trade

Selected regional trade agreements
(by share of global GDP)

RCEP

The new trade agreement between 15 East Asian and Pacific Nations is now the largest trading block with important effects for the world economy.

 

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