(c) An increase in the number of merchants using or relying on harmonized international trade law in conducting trade.

Increase vocational education, trade, and business skills to bridge the digital divide and increase internet access to poorer regions of the world.

Guatemala has taken various steps to increase its openness to trade.

Addressing them, including in the context of GSTP, can therefore help increase South South trade.

To increase LDCs' participation in international trade was clearly an objective of the Millennium Declaration.

The strengthening of the Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP) could substantially increase and expand inter developing country trade and its predictability.

The generous contributions of donors to UNCTAD's trade and trade negotiation activities were appreciated, and donors were encouraged to continue and increase such support.

(f) Identifying measures to increase the competitiveness of African economies and their participation in international trade

15. Trade policies were complemented by policies to increase rapidly the rate of savings and investment.

The value of electronic trade can be expected to increase significantly over the years to come.

Moreover, disciplines on subsidies could increase the participation of developing countries in global trade in services.

Increasing security concerns and requirements increase the need for trade and transport facilitation.

Trade liberalization can increase poverty in low income countries if not handled carefully.

Likewise, countries in some cases realize decreasing terms of trade despite an increase in overall economic activity.

The International Trade Centre also continued to promote South South trade, bringing buyers and sellers together to increase local production in such strategic trade areas as the pharmaceutical market.

Technical assistance is vital for landlocked developing countries' efforts to increase their trade related supply capacity, and to participate effectively in multilateral trade negotiations.

Yet, despite the positive implications of the increase in world trade for prosperity and efficiency, sustained growth in international trade can complicate efforts to control the illicit drug problem.

At that session, UNCITRAL gave guidance to the International Trade Law Branch (subsequently renamed International Trade Law Division) on how to increase cooperation with other organizations that formulate rules on international trade.

We commit ourselves to increase official development assistance for agriculture and trade opportunities in developing countries.

For example, the increase in the soybean production area has led to trade offs in supporting services of the Chaco.

Of particular importance to trade and development is the second characteristic mentioned above, namely that available capacity will increase dramatically.

To increase and sustain trade integration and adjustment support to developing countries to build capacity to negotiate and implement trade agreements, and to undertake the necessary adjustment to compete and trade, including through

The capacity of trade to raise incomes, boost long term growth and increase financial flows for development has yet to be reflected in South South trade, even though from 1990 to 2001 merchandise trade among developing countries expanded twice as rapidly as world trade and trade in services grew even faster.

10. With regard to foreign trade, the major characteristic is the dramatic increase in the balance of trade deficit, from US 73 million in 1996 to US 187.4 million in 1997.

Overfishing by foreign fleets in Ghana has been linked to an increase in the bush meat trade.

Similarly, although there had been a tremendous increase in world trade over the past few years due to trade liberalization, the least developed countries remained marginalized from world trade due to lack of market access and supply side constraints.

That element is of particular importance, as landlocked developing countries face additional border crossings, which increase transaction costs and discourage trade.

The Conference called on Member States to increase their share of world trade by enhancing their competitiveness at the international level.

60. With the rapid increase in the number of Trade Points worldwide and the technical developments in this field, the absence of an international federation and regional fora representing Trade Points is strongly felt.

The exponential increase in international trade had led to a corresponding increase in commercial disputes and, in that connection, the importance of arbitration as a means of resolving international commercial disputes could not be overemphasized.

It was indicated that trade liberalization by developing countries would increase market access opportunities for other developing countries.

There was a significant increase in exports, which generated a trade surplus for the first time since convertibility.

At the Group of Eight summit this summer, I pledged to increase that trade assistance still further, to 1 billion a year.

These projects include the compilation, review and implementation of measures to facilitate trade flows, to promote national transport activities, to increase awareness on efficient commercial practices in international trade, as well as to provide Customs administrations with proper working tools designed to increase efficiency and transparency in Customs clearance time and revenue collection and to generate timely and reliable trade data.

Trade transactions of over 200 billion are being processed and declared through ASYCUDA every year, producing a combined revenue increase of over 1 billion.

Russia s Ministry of Trade and Industry plans to increase the annual production of the motorcade series of automobiles to more than 1 million after 2020.

These measures will also require domestic efforts to promote greater diversification of trade of those countries and to increase the competitiveness of their trading sectors.

Freer trade not only between developed and developing countries, but also among developing countries, could significantly increase economic growth.

We also agreed that it was necessary to increase the voice and participation of developing countries in the international financial and trade institutions.

UNIDO technical assistance intends to address in a coherent manner the two broad and interrelated problems of facilitating trade and increase competitiveness of local industries.

The issue of the cost of trade facilitation measures was raised several times, and fears were expressed that the gap between LDCs and developed countries would increase because of the lack of available financial resources to implement trade facilitation measures.

20. Promote actions involving trade unions and women apos s organizations to increase women apos s participation in the workforce.

In addition to favouring an increase in aid, Slovakia also supports further reform of trade relations as well as debt relief for poor countries.

It is primordial to increase investments in LDCs, including investments to develop and strengthen trade infrastructure, which is a major determinant of international competitiveness.

It was estimated that, in the period 1995 2001, the benefits of trade liberalization would increase global income by between 212 and 500 billion.