<p>The publication examines the implications of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) for developing countries of the ESCAP region and considers alternative scenarios as countries prepare for further multilateral ...

<p>Proceedings of the Meeting of Senior Officials to Assist in Preparation for the First WTO Ministerial Conference 4-6 September 1996, Jakarta, under UNDP Regional Trade Programme (RAS/92/035).</p>

<p>This study seeks to develop a regional perspective on the issues related to development through globalization and partnership. This is done by examining policy challenges faced by developing countries and the economies ...

<p>This report provides an overview of digital trade integration of Pakistan. It identifies constraints and bottlenecks in achieving successful and sustainable regional digital trade integration. The methodology relies on ...

This publication brings together papers prepared for the "Regional Agricultural Trade Liberalization" project, which was implemented by the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT) researchers between ...

Among the most notable recent developments in the trading environment of the Asia-Pacific region has been the proliferation of preferential trading arrangements (PTAs). Many of the agreements are bilateral, involving ...

<p></p> Reducing trade costs is essential for developing economies to participate in international production networks and effectively use trade as an engine of growth and sustainable development. This can be accomplished ...

This section discusses briefly how the study objective was conceived and provides an overview of trade among the Participating States of APTA. It also sets the objective, and discusses the methodology and data sources ...

This Report presents the main findings of the second UN Global Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation covers 120 countries and 47 measures related to the WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), ...

<p>• The Asia-Pacific region continues to be the largest contributor to the worldwide build-up of preferential trade agreements (PTAs), accounting for about half of PTAs worldwide. PTAs have become bigger, deeper, and ...