The UNCTAD secretariat is pleased to announce that another series of short courses on key international economic issues for delegates from permanent missions to the United Nations Office at Geneva and the World Trade Organization will be held in the second semester of 2018.
The aim of the courses is to give delegates from permanent missions an opportunity to become better acquainted with topical issues and developments in the international economic agenda as they are reflected in the work of UNCTAD.
The secretariat invites permanent missions to nominate delegates who follow matters pertaining to UNCTAD and/or the World Trade Organization to attend these courses.
Course applications may be completed online by accessing this link.
Trade regulations in the twenty-first century: Non-tariff measures, trade costs and sustainable development
14 September, Room XXVI, Delivered by the Division on International Trade and Commodities
Non-tariff measures affect our daily lives: packaging requirements and limits on the use of pesticides ensure safe food; restrictions on toxins in toys protect our children; and emission standards for cars, which have an impact on climate change. Although most of non-tariff measures serve legitimate policy objectives, they often raise costs that can create hurdles to trade and economic development. In most sectors, the restrictiveness of non-tariff measures by far exceeds current tariffs. Particularly in agricultural sectors, developing country exporters face non-tariff measures equivalent to tariffs higher than 20 per cent.
This course will inform delegates on the interfaces between non-tariff measures and the Sustainable Development Goals, to assist policymakers in designing appropriate trade policies and to introduce tools to strengthen regulatory cooperation. The course will explore the findings of UNCTAD work on non-tariff measures, which encompasses mapping of non-tariff measures data and analysis of trade and welfare impacts.
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