Bringing Down the Barriers: Helping Small Exporters in Developing Countries Adapt to New Global Trade Conditions
International Trade Forum › Num. 1-2/2008, Janvier 2008
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How to overcome the difficulties of small to medium-size enterprises (SMEs) taking up global market opportunities was central to discussions at an ITC-moderated session at the WTO Public Forum in September, where two key messages emerged. The first was the need for the WTO to engage the private sector by keeping pace with the evolution of business practices; the second was the critical role the WTO can play in providing transparency, predictability and legal certainty to SMEs in developing countries. While the proliferation of private standards is difficult to address, the WTO -- through the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade -- provides a good basis for raising the issues and resolving disputes.
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Bringing Down the Barriers: Helping Small Exporters in Developing Countries Adapt to New Global Trade Conditions
How to overcome the difficulties of small to medium-size enterprises (SMEs) taking up global market opportunities was central to discussions at an ITC-moderated session at the WTO Public Forum in September, where two k...
Voir le contenu complet de ce document
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