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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

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Summary of activities included in this category
Consultative Task Force (CTF) on Environmental Requirements and Market Access for Developing Countries
Market access through meeting quality standards for food and agricultural products
Standards and Trade Development Facility (sanitary and phytosanitary area)

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
Multi-Donor Facility for Trade and Investment Climate (MDF-TIC) (Indonesia)
Support to EPA and WTO negotiations