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Global Advocacy

The global advocacy category covers services that are designed to promote the use of trade as a development tool and to encourage sup­port for developing countries’ efforts to improve their trade capacity building. This includes analysis and dissemination of trade-related information, promoting understanding of the relationship between trade and development, and supporting policies. Some agencies pro­vide information on and support for the interactions between their more specialized interests and trade.

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International Trade Centre(itc)

Summary of activities included in this category
General Information
Understanding and addressing SME Competitiveness
Awareness of new issues in international trade
Strategies for export development

Trade Policy Development

Agencies’ assistance to trade policy development is generally provided in four areas: design and implementation of trade policy; specific developing country issues in trade (such as commodity exports and preferences); support in trade negotiations; and assistance in man­aging the interactions between trade and other policies.

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International Trade Centre(itc)

Summary of activities included in this category
The private sector in trade policy
Increasing capacity for trade policy formulation