<b>Merchandise goods trade</b> <p>• Faced with a continued shift towards spending in services, high living costs, a restrictive policy environment and geopolitical uncertainty, merchandise trade is forecasted to decline ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on trade in commercial services, turning it from weak growth in 2019 to a sharp contraction in 2020. Globally, commercial services trade value grew by only 2% in 2019. ...

<ul> <li>After a dramatic year for the global economy, economic activity and international merchandise trade rebounded strongly in 2021. Global merchandise exports and imports are estimated to have surpassed pre-pandemic ...

The Asia-Pacific region continues to be the largest contributor to the worldwide build-up of preferential trade agreements (PTAs). Looking at the stock of PTAs with at least one party from Asia-Pacific region, 184 trade ...

Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows declined for the third consecutive year in 2018, dropping 13% from 2017 levels to $1.3 trillion. The largest declines were in developed economies and economies in transition. ...

Globally, both FDI inflows and outflows started to recover in 2019, with the former growing 30% to $1.5 billion and the latter increasing by 33% to $1.3 billion. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused global FDI flows ...

<p>This report reviews the selected trade-related documents for cross-border paperless trade of China and preliminarily proposes possible pilot projects.</p>

<p>This report reviews the selected trade-related documents for cross-border paperless trade of Republic of Korea and preliminarily proposes possible pilot projects.</p>

<p>Mongolia has been advancing significantly in economic liberalisation, trade facilitation, and foreign investment since transitioning from a centrally planned to a market economy in 1990. In 2022, Mongolia's trade ...

The challenges facing SME exports have long been recognized, notably by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which has outlined a framework of 47 key internal and external barriers. While ...