In today’s globalized world, diplomacy plays a crucial role in international cooperation, but the traditional roles, such as that of the Economic Attaché or Commercial Attaché, need to evolve. These ...

The global trading system is under unprecedented strain, yet 72% of world goods trade was still conducted on most-favored-nation terms under WTO rules in 2025. Built for a post‑WWII world, the ...

Technological change is exciting and scary, empowering us to do more with less work while fueling fears of being replaced. Although it drives economic growth and progress, those who fall behind risk ...

New and enhanced trade data at your fingertips It is no question that international trade has been an engine for development for centuries. The movement of goods or provision of services between ...

YBhg Dato’ Seri Wong Siew Hai (Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association, President) YBhg Datuk Seri Isham Ishak (Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Secretary General) Dr. Ong Kian Ming ...

The 195 member states of the UN Trade and Development organization (UNCTAD) gathered Monday in Geneva for its 16th conference, where leaders discussed the implementation of current World Trade ...

Problems at the intersection of trade and climate often benefit most from broad engagement with as many countries as possible; rule innovation, however, tends to happen within smaller groupings of ...

Geneva (ILO News) - With approximately 15 per cent of the global population living with disabilities—80 per cent of whom are in developing countries—there is a growing demand for international trade ...

Africa’s share of global trade remains disproportionately small, hovering around 2%-3%. Countries on the continent trade more with the rest of the world than they ...

Global value chains (GVCs) powered an economic revolution over the past three decades: growth accelerated, incomes rose, and poverty rates plunged. Almost 50% of global trade involves GVCs, but rising ...

This chapter is part of USMCA Forward 2024. Three decades after NAFTA’s implementation, and over three years since the USMCA took effect, Mexico’s trade and investment ties with Canada and the United ...

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development is the United Nations body responsible for dealing with development issues, particularly international trade – the main driver of development.