Trade facilitation

Bureaucratic delays and “red tape” pose a burden for moving goods across borders for traders. Trade facilitation—the simplification, modernization and harmonization of export and import processes—has therefore emerged as an important issue for the world trading system.

WTO members concluded negotiations at the 2013 Bali Ministerial Conference on the landmark Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), which entered into force on 22 February 2017 following its ratification by two-thirds of the WTO membership. The TFA contains provisions for expediting the movement, release and clearance of goods, including goods in transit. It also sets out measures for effective cooperation between customs and other appropriate authorities on trade facilitation and customs compliance issues. It further contains provisions for technical assistance and capacity building in this area.

 

Juliette was a speaker at the Ashgabat Transport Business Summit

Juliette was a speaker at the Ashgabat Transport Business Summit, co-organized by the Government of Turkmenistan and IRU-led Global Partnership for Sustainable Transport (GPST), the Summit brought together representatives of global transport companies, governments, international development agencies and banks. Participants considered the future of sustainable transport within the context of public-private-partnerships.  The Summit has resulted in the adoption of the Ashgabat Transport Business Summit Declaration, which was endorsed in the UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference outcome document, the Ashgabat Statement on Commitments and Policy Recommendations.

For a copy of her presentation, please email jpasser@prodigy.net 

For a quick tour of Ashgabat, visit her photo montage:  https://goo.gl/photos/QLeCKEBiaB6Q13NP9

Juliette was a speaker at the Ashgabat Transport Business Summit

Juliette was a speaker at the Ashgabat Transport Business Summit, co-organized by the Government of Turkmenistan and IRU-led Global Partnership for Sustainable Transport (GPST), the Summit brought together representatives of global transport companies, governments, international development agencies and banks. Participants considered the future of sustainable transport within the context of public-private-partnerships.  The Summit has resulted in the adoption of the Ashgabat Transport Business Summit Declaration, which was endorsed in the UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference outcome document, the Ashgabat Statement on Commitments and Policy Recommendations.

For a copy of her presentation, please email jpasser@prodigy.net For a quick tour of Ashgabat, visit her photo montage:  https://goo.gl/photos/QLeCKEBiaB6Q13NP9