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    MSME Provisions in Trade Agreements

    This database extracts all the SME provisions from RTAs that include member states of the Organization of American States and lists them by agreement.

    Source: Organization of American States

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Regional Trade Agreements,
    This database extracts all the SME provisions from RTAs that include member states of the Organization of American States and lists them by agreement.
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    E-learning short videos: Regional Trade Agreements

    This video is part of the WTO's e-Campus learning program. It provides an explanation of how regional trade agreements work in relation to WTO rules.

    Source: World Trade Organization, 2017

    Goods, Services, Capacity Building, Regional Trade Agreements,
    This video is part of the WTO's e-Campus learning program. It provides an explanation of how regional trade agreements work in relation to WTO rules.
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    Trade Agreements and the World Trade Organization: Lessons for the Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises Joint Statement Initiative

    This publication, prepared under the TAF2+ WTO Umbrella Grant on New Issues, reviews how SME and MSME-related issues have been treated across the WTO agreements and regional trade agreements. It considers what trends have emerged and what can be learned.

    Source: International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and CUTS International, Geneva, 2013

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation,
    This publication, prepared under the TAF2+ WTO Umbrella Grant on New Issues, reviews how SME and MSME-related issues have been treated across the WTO agreements and regional trade agreements. It considers what trends have emerged and what can be learned.
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    State of Sustainable Markets 2020

    This report is part of an annual series looking at trends and data involving the uptake of sustainability standards across over a dozen commodities. The 2020 edition takes a particular look at the agriculture and forestry sectors.

    Source: International Trade Centre (ITC), International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), 2020

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Sustainability,
    This report is part of an annual series looking at trends and data involving the uptake of sustainability standards across over a dozen commodities. The 2020 edition takes a particular look at the agriculture and forestry sectors.
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    The Appropriation of Blockchain for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

    This article was written for SMEs so they could determine whether and how the use of blockchain technology may serve their trade-related needs.

    Source: Journal of Innovation Management (hosted on ResearchGate), 2019

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    This article was written for SMEs so they could determine whether and how the use of blockchain technology may serve their trade-related needs.
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    Blockchain trade finance solutions

    This website features explanatory videos, articles, online tools and services, blogs, reports, and explainers about the use of blockchain for trade finance.

    Source: IBM

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Access to Finance, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    This website features explanatory videos, articles, online tools and services, blogs, reports, and explainers about the use of blockchain for trade finance.
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    Blockchain and DLT in Trade: Where Do We Stand?

    To examine the current landscape of blockchain and distributed ledger technology in trade projects, especially in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. It looks at over 40 trade projects that do so, analyzing their various features. It is an update of an earlier paper on the same subject.

    Source: Trade Finance Global and the World Trade Organization., 2020

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    To examine the current landscape of blockchain and distributed ledger technology in trade projects, especially in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. It looks at over 40 trade projects that do so, analyzing their various features. It is an update of an earlier paper on the same subject.
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    Blockchain for SMEs and Entrepreneurs in Italy

    To explain the evolution and uptake of blockchain technology in the Italian context, including how legal and policy frameworks have changed, and what this has meant for small and medium-sized enterprises.

    Source: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Authored by Marco Bianchini and Insung Kwon., 2020

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce, Europe,
    To explain the evolution and uptake of blockchain technology in the Italian context, including how legal and policy frameworks have changed, and what this has meant for small and medium-sized enterprises.
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    Blockchain for SMEs and Entrepreneurs in Israel

    To explain the evolution and uptake of blockchain technology in the Israeli context, including how legal and policy frameworks have changed, and what this has meant for small and medium-sized enterprises.

    Source: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Authored by Marco Bianchini and Insung Kwon., 2020

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce, Asia & Middle East,
    To explain the evolution and uptake of blockchain technology in the Israeli context, including how legal and policy frameworks have changed, and what this has meant for small and medium-sized enterprises.
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    Can Blockchain Revolutionize International Trade?

    To set out the details of how blockchain/distributed ledger technology works, explain how to understand the implications of this technology for trade and trade policy, and describe what questions and challenges exist in increasing this technology's uptake in trade.

    Source: The World Trade Organization. Authored by Emmanuelle Ganne., 2018

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    To set out the details of how blockchain/distributed ledger technology works, explain how to understand the implications of this technology for trade and trade policy, and describe what questions and challenges exist in increasing this technology's uptake in trade.
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    The International Chamber of Commerce, Online training and certificates

     To provide short, accessible training courses on various trade topics, from trade finance to Incoterms, along with recognized professional certificates

    Source: International Chamber of Commerce

    Businesses: Goods, Services, Capacity Building,
     To provide short, accessible training courses on various trade topics, from trade finance to Incoterms, along with recognized professional certificates
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    OECD SMEs and Entrepreneurship

     To provide the information policymakers need as they consider national and international policy options to support MSMEs

    Source:  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Export Potential,
     To provide the information policymakers need as they consider national and international policy options to support MSMEs