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    Making the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Work for SMEs

    This  report advocates for mainstreaming trade facilitation in development strategies for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

    Source: International Trade Centre (ITC), 2016

    Businesses: Policymakers: Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building,
    This  report advocates for mainstreaming trade facilitation in development strategies for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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    WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation

    This is the text of WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA).

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO), 2017

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building,
    This is the text of WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA).
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    I-TIP Services Statistics

    It is a set of linked databases that provides information on Members' commitments under the WTO's General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO), World Bank Group

    Businesses: Policymakers: Services, Regional Trade Agreements, Regulation & Standards,
    It is a set of linked databases that provides information on Members' commitments under the WTO's General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).
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    WTO Trade Monitoring Database

    The WTO Trade Monitoring Exercise is a factual, non-legal exercise that provides transparency regarding new trade and trade policy related measures.

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO), 2022

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building, Trade Remedies,
    The WTO Trade Monitoring Exercise is a factual, non-legal exercise that provides transparency regarding new trade and trade policy related measures.
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    WTO Guide to reading the GATS schedules of specific commitments

    This is a guide by WTO to reading schedules and the exemption lists that are integral parts of the Agreement.

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO)

    Policymakers: Services, Capacity Building, Regulation & Standards,
    This is a guide by WTO to reading schedules and the exemption lists that are integral parts of the Agreement.
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    At Your Service? The Promise of Services-Led Development

    The report assesses the prospects for services-led development.

    Source: World Bank Group, 2021

    Businesses: Policymakers: Services, Capacity Building, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    The report assesses the prospects for services-led development.
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    UNCTAD Trade Policy Frameworks for developing countries 2017

    The aims of a TPF are to reveal the principal challenges that a country faces in its trade policy, prioritize its objectives, and lay out a plan to achieve those goals.

    Source: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2017

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Access to Finance, Capacity Building, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    The aims of a TPF are to reveal the principal challenges that a country faces in its trade policy, prioritize its objectives, and lay out a plan to achieve those goals.
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    Services Trade Restrictiveness Index Regulatory Database

    The Services Trade Restrictiveness Index database contains information on trade restrictions and behind the border regulations.

    Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD)

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Regulation & Standards,
    The Services Trade Restrictiveness Index database contains information on trade restrictions and behind the border regulations.
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    Business Survey on Services

    The business surveys designed by ITC aim to provide a powerful diagnostic tool to identify the obstacles faced by service providers when accessing foreign markets and global value chains.

    Source: International Trade Centre (ITC)

    Policymakers: Services, Access to Finance,
    The business surveys designed by ITC aim to provide a powerful diagnostic tool to identify the obstacles faced by service providers when accessing foreign markets and global value chains.
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    2019 World Trade Report: The future of services trade

    It examines how trade in services is likely to evolve in response to some major trends, such as demographic changes and the impact of digital technologies.

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO), 2019

    Businesses: Policymakers: Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce, Export Potential,
    It examines how trade in services is likely to evolve in response to some major trends, such as demographic changes and the impact of digital technologies.
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    The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS): objectives, coverage and disciplines

    Everything you wanted to know about the General Agreement on Trade in Services, but were afraid to ask

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO)

    Businesses: Policymakers: Services, Regional Trade Agreements,
    Everything you wanted to know about the General Agreement on Trade in Services, but were afraid to ask
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    WTO TBT enquiry point guide

    This guide integrates the information from the survey together with the existing body of TBT Committee decisions and recommendations.

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO), 2018

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Regulation & Standards,
    This guide integrates the information from the survey together with the existing body of TBT Committee decisions and recommendations.