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Legal and Regulatory Framework

Assistance under this category includes helping countries to bring their own regulations into conformity with international rules, more general help to improve their legal institutions, and training officials to deal with such rules. A number of the agencies specialise in par­ticular areas, rather than trying to provide expertise on the legal rules in all sectors. For several, the aim is to balance trade-related obli­gations with other national (or international) interests.

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united states of america

Summary of activities included in this category
ASEAN-US Technical Assistance and Training Facility ADVANCE IQC Task Order 1

Compliance support infrastructure and services

Assistance in this category is closely related to that under the Legal and Regulatory Framework, but places more emphasis on building the institutions in developing countries to implement such legal frameworks, and less on the details of compliance. It is an area where the specialised agencies again have the main role

united states of america

united states of america

Summary of activities included in this category
AGCI - Infrastructure - IPR Capacity Building Technical Assistance for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Azerbaijan Competitiveness and Trade (ACT)
AGOA Sanitary and Phytosanitary Capacity Building Program-AGCI
CODEX Outreach Capacity Building Programme
Enforcement Study Tour
Enhance Ability of Exporters to Meet Sanitary and Phytosanitary Requirements (Central America)
9th Interpol Intellectual Property Crime Training Seminar
Maximizing Agricultural Revenue through Knowledge Enterprise Development and Trade
Poverty Reduction by Increasing the Competitiveness of Enterprises (PRICE)