The Minister of Trade

Affairs and Trade of New Zealand concerning the

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Industry of South Africa, President of the ninth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,

Vladimir Dlouhy (Czech Republic), Minister, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic

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Trade has increased.

These meetings are held not only with the Minister of Information but also sometimes with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Oil and the Minister of Trade, etc.

Mr. Lev N. Safronov, Chief, Department of International Relations, JSC Trading House, Perekriostok, Russian Federation

With respect to trade, the forthcoming World Trade Organization Ministerial Meeting provides an important opportunity for significant decisions to be taken to reform the world trading system so as to provide better opportunities for trade to contribute to Africa's long term growth and development.

The forthcoming WTO Ministerial Conference should deal with export subsidies, enhanced market access and the removal of technical trade barriers, for trade was the key to sustained economic growth and development.

UNCTAD is providing assistance to Burundi to establish its strategies for legislation and the prudential regulation of its insurance sector.

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13. Takes note of the provisions of the Doha Ministerial Declaration with respect to the relationship between trade and investment, the interaction between trade and competition policy, transparency in government procurement and trade facilitation

UNCTAD XI had been the first major international meeting on trade since the failure of the WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancún.

UNCTAD has responsibility for the trade policy component.

South South and intra regional trade in particular would benefit from multilateral trade facilitation agreements.

22. Reference was made to the agreement at the second Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization to establish a work programme in preparation for the next World Trade Organization ministerial meeting.

28. World trade in primary commodities has grown more slowly, and makes up a smaller share of total world trade than manufactured products.

Adopted at the Meeting of the Ministers of Landlocked Developing Countries Responsible for Trade, 10 August 2005

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Recognizing that trade in commodities is a fundamental component of international trade,

While its members consist of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Defence, the Minister of Industries and Trades, the Minister of Communications, the Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications, and the Minister of State for National Development Planning Chairman of the National Development Planning Board (BAPPENAS).

Trade in frozen fish strongly increased in the 1980s and accounts for 40 per cent of the total fish trade.

Intra African trade is only about 11 per cent of total trade, the lowest among world regions however, it has doubled since 1980.

Faced with weak demand in advanced countries, Asian economies are working to rebalance their sources of growth by shifting toward domestic and regional markets. As a result, growth in intra regional trade has outpaced overall trade growth, with intra Asian trade now accounting for more than half of the continent s total trade turnover.

We consider it imperative to ensure the success of the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Trade questions will be at the top of the world agenda as the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong approaches.

Mr. Hamid Mamdouh, Director, Trade in Services, WTO

41. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) provided support and assistance to OAU and AEC for the Preparatory Meeting of Senior Officials and to the Meeting of African Ministers of Trade (Harare, 6 9 April 1998), held in preparation for the second World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) continued to nurture the rapid growth of South South trade and commerce.

Dr. Yumkella is a former Minister of Trade, Industry and State Enterprises of the Republic of Sierra Leone.

Introductory statements were made by the Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the President of the Trade and Development Board of UNCTAD and the Director of the Microeconomic and Social Analysis Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

The late 1990s offer a good illustration of how trade theory works in the real world. The volume of trade increased rapidly, owing partly to NAFTA in 1994 and the establishment in 1995 of the World Trade Organization as the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

In 1994, the same thing happened with the portfolios of Industry, Tourism, Integration and International Trade Negotiations and the Ministry of the Presidency.

The African Union Conference of Ministers of Trade, held in Cairo from 5 to 9 June 2005, and the Meeting of the Ministers responsible for Trade of the least developed countries, held in Livingstone, Zambia, on 26 June 2005, set objectives and common platforms for the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference.

It should also contribute to furthering the implementation of internationally agreed goals contained in the Doha Ministerial Declaration adopted at the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other relevant decisions.

Phase three of the TEAM initiates the analysis of the trade efficiency of the six trade related sectors.

This is the head of U.K. Trade and Investment, who was our client, with the Chinese children, using the landscape.

In connection with the latter, African Ministers of Trade requested UNCTAD to provide assistance to African countries wishing to accede to WTO through, among other things, the use of a UNDP project on capacity building for trade.

Most of the growth of intra developing country trade had been in manufactures.

Trade in more lucrative chilled poultry meat is very small, but growing, and mainly confined to Japan trade in frozen turkey parts is also rising.

Several ministers stated that the full participation of developing countries in trade negotiation processes was crucial for establishing a fair and equitable trading system.

Trade among developing countries is now growing faster than their trade with developed countries and accounts for over 40 per cent of the total trade of the South.