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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

european commission

european commission

Summary of activities included in this category
Bangladesh Quality Support Programme (BQSP)
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)

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.

european commission

european commission

Summary of activities included in this category
Trade.Com Programme
Multilateral Trading System Programme (MTS)