That's how you think about security in terms of the trade off.

Ironically, many developing countries continue to suffer from unfair terms of trade.

That global policy weak in terms of cooperation and perverse in terms of trade   will end by undermining the emerging democracies in developing countries.

In terms of international trade, commercial establishment abroad may be the main method of trade however, e commerce is gaining in commercial importance.

Of course, it is possible for a country s terms of trade to get out of line with income and productivity levels, requiring a rebalancing. But resetting the terms of trade is no substitute for tackling the structural underpinnings of productivity.

Fifthly, the terms of trade continue to work against commodity and preference dependent developing countries.

During the twentieth century, the terms of trade had changed to the detriment of developing countries.

So if you look at security from economic terms, it's a trade off.

Those countries have been further shaken by natural catastrophes, bad terms of trade, bloodletting and conflict.

In terms of legal trade the measures also help to improve predictability and effective clearance of goods.

The continual decline of tariff rates as a result of eight multilateral trade negotiations has raised the relative importance of NTBs in terms of both protection and regulatory trade instruments.

Some say that no country loses, in absolute terms, from opening trade otherwise, they would not participate in free trade deals. Still, the uneven distribution of the benefits created by a global trade opening means that some countries, especially the least developed, gain little in comparative terms, and are possibly even hurt.

And here is a Stone Age version of his story, although he told it in terms of trade between countries.

International trade had continued to grow at a robust pace financial markets worldwide had generally remained calm and the terms of trade for many developing countries had improved considerably.

You get more money because your terms of trade have improved, but also that drives up output across the board.

Ethiopia called on development partners to provide further support in terms of strengthening the trade negotiating capacity of the least developed countries.

In the face of relatively stagnant markets, volatile prices and declining terms of trade, investment dropped further, diversification stalled and productivity remained stagnant.

We recognize the increasing importance of South South trade and economic cooperation and the changing context of North South interdependence and terms of engagement.

UNCTAD's multidisciplinary approach, combining legal and economic components of trade and related topics, facilitates the design of operations addressing several interrelated aspects of competition laws, trade rules, investment agreements, electronic commerce, trade logistics, etcAlmost all the mandates contained in the SPC are couched in multidisciplinary terms.

The landlocked developing countries, facing multifaceted problems in their trade relations, were particularly vulnerable in terms of geography and the size of their economies.

The development dilemma being faced in the CARICOM region in particular can be summarized in critical development gaps, such as the human development gap, the technology gap and the trade and terms of trade gaps.

Such countries, victims of the perverse interplay between population growth and primary production, have been marginalized in terms of investment flows, trade and technological research.

At the same time, the effect of currency appreciation on the trade balance should not be exaggerated. The RMB appreciated by 18.6 in real effective terms, and by 16 in dollar terms, from June 2005 to August 2008.

The experience of e trade finance platforms of developing countries shows that some of them have players who can compete with major providers in terms of the use of web based technologies, which make it possible to develop e credit information techniques, undertake e trade finance operations and even reconcile the whole spectrum of online trade operations, including e trade finance.

The essence of globalization free trade rests on the theory of comparative advantage, which views international trade as profitable even for a country that can produce every commodity more cheaply (in terms of labor or all resources) than any other country.

It added that the financial terms of the transaction, as well as the existence of earlier business contacts between the parties which may have created a trade usage between them, should be taken into account to establish the applicability of such general terms.

While their benefits in terms of access are evident, they also generate administrative costs and include non trade issues whose benefits are not so clear.

With respect to this provision, various terms contained in the mandate were explored, such as specific trade obligation and multilateral environmental agreement .

It is in the interest of our countries, which are already suffering from the unequal terms of trade, that our priorities should be better taken into account.

In this context, and that of the Millennium Declaration, it was vital that real progress be made to support LDCs in terms of both trade and aid.

The CARICOM States were concerned about the deteriorating terms of trade for commodities and the debilitating impact of that trend on the performance of commodity dependent developing countries.

We would like to see the building of an international trade system that has clear, equitable and consistent rules, as well as the elimination of practices that distort trade, generate unfair competition and interfere with the terms of exchange and access to markets.

We need to provide better focused public investment and improve the quality of external resources if we are to promote trade and investment on more equitable terms.

From that perspective, we have for decades now been unceasingly advocating answers to questions of deteriorating terms of trade, the debt crisis, constant environmental degradation, the need for a gradual increase in Official Development Aid and the necessity of fair and equitable international trade.

But how can they collect more taxes when their economies stagnate and are stunted as a result of unfair terms of trade, massive debt burdens and structural adjustment programmes?

In tandem with an expected fall in world economic growth in 2005, growth in international trade is also expected to slow in real terms.

These developments are motivating American and European investors to rethink their strategies in Africa, prompting a terms of trade revival and generating interest in Africa s expanding regional markets.

Most such countries were dependent on only a few commodities, which exposed them to external shocks produced by international price fluctuations and a decline in terms of trade.

However, along with trade policy, deregulation policies, fiscal policy, and exchange rate regimes also have the potential to cause considerable adverse effects in terms of inequality and poverty.

Most developing countries have embarked on reform processes, recognizing the positive effects that can accrue from progressive liberalization of trade in services in terms of generating jobs, technology and investment.

The Doha Round must therefore establish fairer and more favourable terms of trade for developing countries in the form of enhanced and predictable market access and assistance in capacity building.

Over the longer term, a strong currency promotes efficiency in export industries, further insulating competitiveness from exchange rate effects. Dollar depreciation improves Europe s terms of trade and real income.

I'm in awe of their power in terms of imagination, in terms of technology, in terms of concept.

Under these conditions, a simultaneous export drive by developing countries runs the danger of overproduction of standardized mass products with adverse terms of trade effects and attendant pressure to keep wages low.

The process of globalization in its positive sense is promoting world economic development through the unprecedented dynamic expansion of trade and economic relations and the widest possible openness in terms of information.