#ServicesTrade

1 week ago

Heads of WTO, EIB sign landmark agreement to boost trade and investment The WTO Secretariat and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 4 March to enhance sustainable trade and investment worldwide. The agreement marks the beginning of a partnership that will leverage the EIB's financial resources and investment facilitation tools developed under the Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement concluded by a large number of WTO members to improve the regulatory environment, unlock investment and expand opportunities for developing countries.

Heads of WTO, EIB sign landmark agreement to boost trade and investment #ServicesTrade

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World Trade Organization

@wto.org

2 weeks ago

Services meetings focus on LDCs, remittance costs and environmental services classification At a series of meetings held from 18 to 20 February, the WTO Council for Trade in Services and its subsidiary bodies discussed ways to strengthen information-sharing to reinvigorate the Council's work. They also discussed how to facilitate remittance transfers and to improve the classification of environmental services, among other issues. In addition, members received an update on efforts to help least developed countries (LDCs) participate more effectively in services trade and addressed various trade concerns.

Services meetings focus on LDCs, remittance costs and environmental services classification #ServicesTrade #LDC

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Christian Volpe Martincus

@christianvolpem.bsky.social

2 months ago

Las week, I participated in a great workshop held at the OECD on the drivers and policy determinants of services trade and the importance of closing the data gap in this area for effective policy design and implementation. #ServicesTrade

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World Trade Organization

@wto.org

5 months ago

WTO members discuss professional qualification recognition and other services trade issues The WTO Council for Trade in Services met on 2 and 3 October to discuss how to facilitate the recognition of professional qualifications to promote services trade and development. Members also considered the way forward for a proposal in support of least-developed countries and discussed various services trade concerns.

WTO members discuss professional qualification recognition and other services trade issues #ServicesTrade

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World Trade Organization

@wto.org

5 months ago

WTO members discuss professional qualification recognition and other services trade issues The WTO Council for Trade in Services met on 2 and 3 October to discuss how to facilitate the recognition of professional qualifications to promote services trade and development. Members also considered the way forward for a proposal in support of least-developed countries and discussed various services trade concerns.

WTO members discuss professional qualification recognition and other services trade issues #ServicesTrade

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Basispoint Insight

@basispointinsight.bsky.social

7 months ago

Goods Tariffs are Manageable, But Services are India’s Real Risk Trump’s goods tariffs will sting, but India’s real vulnerability lies in services – the sector that powers jobs, consumption and growth.

Trump’s goods tariffs will sting, but India’s real vulnerability lies in services – the sector that powers jobs, consumption and growth.

Read Chokkalingam's analysis for BasisPoint Insight: Goods Tariffs are Manageable, But Services are India’s Real Risk 👇

#TrumpTariffs #IndiaUS #ServicesTrade

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Johanna Hill

@johahill.bsky.social

11 months ago

Thank you for sharing, @tlamanauskas.bsky.social. Encouraging to see @ITU.int and @WTO.org working together to promote that digital infrastructure, #DigitalTrade, #ServicesTrade, #AI, and emerging technologies contribute to connectivity and progress across economies and societies worldwide.

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Marion Jansen

@marionjansen.bsky.social

1 year ago

Japan, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands had the lowest average regulatory barriers to #ServicesTrade in 2024.

📊 Discover the latest #OECDSTRI data 👇   www.oecd.org/en/topics/su...

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