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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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Summary of activities included in this category
Support to OECD Policy Framework for Investment
Support to Advisory Centre for WTO Law (ACWL)

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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Summary of activities included in this category
Support through EIF for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to LDCs
Support to UNIDO for the implementation of activities under the Trade Capacity-Building Programme
Support to International Trade Centre’s technical assistance
Support to WTO technical assistance