19 Mar 09 - Experts examined regulatory and institutional issues affecting financial, telecommunications, transport and energy services. They emphasized the important role of government in ensuring efficient, accessible and sustainable infrastructure services.
10 Nov 08 - The interface between multilateral and regional trade agreements and the Millennium Development Goals will be the focus of a workshop organized jointly by UNCTAD, ALADI and ECLAC, taking place in Santiago de Chile, from 11-14 November 2008.
21 Dec 07 - UNCTAD has just published a book on Trade and Development Aspects of Insurance Services, which flags key economic issues for developing countries wishing to strengthen their insurance markets.
The work of the Trade Negotiations and Commercial Diplomacy Branch aims to strengthen human, institutional and policy-making capacities by formulating and implementing national trade policy frameworks conducive to economic, human and social development and poverty alleviation, as well as in participating effectively in multilateral, regional and subregional trade negotiations.
The Trade Negotiations and Commercial Diplomacy Branch (TNCDB) contributes to maximizing the trade and development prospects of developing countries and economies in transition, assisting them in their beneficial integration into the globalizing and liberalizing world economy and the international trading system, and effectively implementing the Millennium Declaration commitment "to an open, equitable, rule-based, predictable, and non-discriminatory multilateral trading and financial system".
