(Geneva, Switzerland) Executive Director Pamela Coke-Hamilton delivered opening remarks at a panel presenting ITC’s flagship publication, the SME Competitive Outlook, during the WTO’s Public Forum.Tomas Lamanauskas, Deputy Secretary-General of the ITU; Lucas Vinicius Sversut, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the World Trade Organizat...
Asia-Pacific is facing a new era of trade turbulence that could knock countries off their long-term development path, warns a new UNDP report. Rising tariffs, fragmented global value chains, and mounting uncertainty are rewriting the rules of trade in one of the world’s most exposed regions.The report, Disruption, Diversification, and Divergence: Adapting...
Excellency Chen Gang, Party Secretary of the CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee,Excellency Yan Dong, Vice Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China,Excellencies, Vice Ministers and Senior Officials of ASEAN Member States,Ambassadors and Distinguished Representatives,Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,1. I am pleased to tak...
The United States has implemented new, differentiated tariffs on imports from almost all trading partners, with developing countries facing the steepest hikes.The new measures signal a tectonic shift in US trade policy and a departure from rules that have underpinned the international trading system since the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO),...
AI to boost trade by nearly 40% by 2040 if gaps are bridged, World Trade Report 2025 findsThe 2025 edition of the World Trade Report reveals that, with the right enabling policies, artificial intelligence (AI) could boost the value of cross-border flows of goods and services by nearly 40% by 2040 thanks to productivity gains and lower trade costs. However,...
Vienna, 11 September 2025 – Global supply chains, the backbone of international trade and industrial development, face mounting challenges from health crises, geopolitical tensions, rising trade costs, and sustainability-driven regulations. Building resilience and fairness in these systems is critical to ensuring that producers, particularly in devel...
Development progress in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is under pressure. The region is navigating a complex landscape marked by heightened uncertainty, recurring and overlapping crises and multiple interlinked stressors—rapidly evolving technologies, deepening social fragmentation, and an increasingly changing climate. These factors have expo...
SummaryAn Annual Borrowing Plan (ABP) guides the short-term execution of a debt management strategy, which typically spans 3–5 years. Emerging market and low-income countries have improved their ability to develop debt management strategy (DMS), they face ongoing implementation challenges. An ABP requires high-frequency data and detailed planning, conside...
第十届“一带一路”高峰论坛吸引众多嘉宾参与。 中新社记者 李志华摄由香港特区政府与香港贸易发展局合办的第十届“一带一路”高峰论坛近日在香港会议展览中心举行。论坛为期两天，与会者逾6000人，包括超过90位来自共建“一带一路”国家和地区的政商界领袖及上百个代表团。与会者共同探讨商贸、投资、创新科技、绿色发展等多方面发展机遇，促成约50份政府和企业合作备忘录，创历史...
For the first time in history, countries around the world have set a roadmap on how to support small businesses, setting a path for improving trade in ways that change lives.The unique needs of small businesses now have a dedicated, global platform: the inaugural Global SME Ministerial Meeting brought together more than 60 countries, giving shape...
