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Monthly information on trade and development / Informations mensuelles sur
commerce international et développement
GIZ Trade Programme / GIZ Programme de Commerce International
Issue No. 156
November / Novembre
2016
Dear Readers, Chers Lecteurs,
Welcome to the November issue
of the GIZ Trade Newsletter! The
newsletter aims to provide you
with quick and regular information
on key debates, activities and
events related to international
trade relations. Moreover, it gives
you an overview of upcoming
events and recent publications
and keeps you updated on news
from German development
cooperation in the field of trade.
Bienvenue à l’édition du mois de Novembre de notre bulletin d´information
«Commerce International»! Comme vous l’avez certainement déjà remarqué,
nous voulons d’avantage nous adresser à nos abonnés francophones. Ainsi à
partir de cette édition, nous allons également intégrer des articles en français
dans notre bulletin d´information. Le bulletin vise à fournir des informations
rapides et régulières sur les principaux débats, activités et événements liés aux
relations commerciales internationales. Par ailleurs, il vous donne un bref
aperçu des évènements à venir et des publications récentes ainsi que des
informations sur les activités de la coopération allemande au développement
dans la domaine de commerce transfrontalier.
We hope you enjoy reading this newsletter and appreciate any feedback.
Nous espérons que vous prendrez plaisir à lire notre Newsletter. Vos
commentaires et suggestions seront appréciés. Bonne lecture!
Anja Gomm
Dr. Thomas Breuer
World Trade Organization / Organisation mondiale
du commerce
Climate conference
COP22: Geneva agencies highlight important role of trade in
addressing climate change
Trade has an important role to play in addressing climate change and helping
countries meet their commitments to the Paris Agreement, which entered into
force on 4 November. This was the main message from the United Nations
News from German
development cooperation /
Nouvelles de la coopération
allemande au développement
“Improving access to medicines
and diagnostics in Kenya” Report on 2nd Lab of Tomorrow
available
In May 2016, the GIZ projects
Private Sector Cooperation and
Access to Medicines held a lab of
tomorrow on supply chain
management in Kenya at the
Merck Innovation Center in
Darmstadt, Germany. The lab
topic was selected in response to
the challenges experienced in
Kenya with regard to accessibility,
availability, affordability and quality
of medicines and medical
products. The workshop brought
together over fifty experts from
Europe and Kenya resulted in ten
prototypes, of which six requested
continued support from GIZ.
These six prototype teams met
again this month in Nairobi to test
their prototypes, gain local support
and search out funding
opportunities. A report of the
results is available now. For more
information, please contact Dirk
Rabien ([email protected]).
East African Community
Pharmaceutical Sector
Investment Conference took
place in Nairobi
Policy-makers from trade,
industry, finance and health
sectors, regulators, procurement
agencies, pharmaceutical
manufacturing companies,
investors and many other partners
came together in Nairobi from 2nd
to 4th November to discuss how to
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the World Trade
Organization (WTO) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) at an event held
on 12 November at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP22).
Read more here: www.wto.org/...
Intellectual Property Rights
WTO members discuss UN High-Level Report on medicines
access that WHO declined to discuss
The World Trade Organization intellectual property committee this week
discussed the report of United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on
access to medicines which offered recommendations regarding the use of
intellectual property in international trade. Developing countries taking the floor
accentuated the use of flexibilities under trade rules, and the World Health
Organization gave an overview of how its activities follow the panel's
recommendations, and its future projects. Civil society meanwhile criticised the
WHO’s decision to dismiss a request by some developing countries to include
discussions on the UN report at the next Executive Board Meeting. Click here to
find out more: www.ip-watch.org/...
SME / PME
New global trade alert system launched / Mise en place d’un
nouveau système d’alerte mondial concernant le commerce
A new online alert system designed to help government agencies and small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) keep track of the latest information on
regulatory requirements for international trade was launched on 8th November
by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Trade Centre (ITC). Find
out more here: www.wto.org/...
Un nouveau système d’alerte en ligne conçu pour aider les organismes
gouvernementaux et les petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) à se tenir
informés des prescriptions réglementaires relatives au commerce international a
été mis en service aujourd’hui (le 8 novembre) par le Département des affaires
économiques et sociales (DAES) des Nations Unies, l’Organisation mondiale du
commerce (OMC) et le Centre du commerce international (ITC). Pour plus
d'informations, cliquez ici: www.wto.org/...
EU Trade Relations / Relations commerciales de l
´UE
Trade agreements
EU and Canada make landmark CETA pact
The European Union and Canada signed a landmark Comprehensive Economic
and Trade Agreement (CETA) this week after seven years of negotiations and
weeks of on-off final talks between EU members. Click here to learn more:
www.gtreview.com...
Trade agreements
Ecuador joins EU trade pact with Colombia, Peru
After years of negotiations, officials gathered in Brussels on Friday 11
November to sign the protocol for Ecuador’s accession to the free trade
agreement between the EU’s 28 member states and two of the Andean
Community’s other members, Colombia and Peru. Find out more here:
www.ictsd.org/....
Digital trade
Malmström on the opportunities of digital trade
EU trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström spoke at the European Parliament
about the promise and pitfalls of digital technology - transforming the economy
with "huge" implications for global trade, and offering strong opportunities for
Europe. She outlined the Commission's work on promoting digital trade within
Europe and internationally. She noted that, in the digital age, restrictions on
cross-border data flows inhibit trade of all kinds, and may amount to "digital
protectionism". She committed to using international trade deals as a means for
setting the rules for digital trade. Read her full speech:
www.trade.ec.europa.eu...
to 4th November to discuss how to
grow the East African
pharmaceutical manufacturing
industry. Participants addressed
topics like strengthening the
regulatory environment, policy
coherence and better access to
investment finance. Presentations
by several local companies
showcased the positive
development of the regional
industry since German
development cooperation got
engaged in the sector. The
conference underlined the region’s
commitment to strengthening local
pharmaceutical manufacturing and
helped to put the topic on the
agenda of the EAC Council of
Ministers. The meeting was
organized by the EAC Secretariat
with support by the GIZ-EAC
regional programme and the GIZ
global project “access to
medicines”. For more information,
please contact Tobias Bünder
([email protected]). Learn
more about the EAC conference
resolutions here: www.eac.int/...
GIZ provides input on German
approaches to Trade Facilitation
at UNESCAP/GTI Seminar
This year´s Annual Seminar by the
United Nations Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and
the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the
Greater Tumen Initiative’s (GTI)
Secretariat will be held in Incheon,
Republic of Korea, on December
13, and focus on Agricultural
Trade. The GIZ Support for
Economic Cooperation in Subregional Initiatives in Asia
Programme will provide an input
on German approaches to Trade
Facilitation with a special
emphasis on agricultural goods.
The seminar is held back to back
with the GTI Trade and Investment
Committee Meeting on December
14 where policy makers from the
member countries Mongolia, PR
China, Russian Federation and
Republic of Korea will discuss
practical cooperation projects for
further regional integration in
Northeast Asia. For more
information, you can contact
Magnus Brod
([email protected]).
New in the GIZ “Toolbox
Trade”: Guide on SMEs and the
Trade Facilitation Agreement
The International Trade Center´s
guide “SMEs and the WTO Trade
African Trade Relations / Relations commerciales
de l´Afrique
Trade policy / Politique commerciale
How can trade policy be used to transform African livelihoods? /
Comment utiliser la politique commerciale pour réduire la
pauvreté en Afrique?
How can African countries and the international community overcome the
existing challenges to building the poverty-reducing trade needed to meet the
poverty-related Sustainable Development Goals in Africa? Click here for more
information www.ictsd.org...
Comment les pays africains et la communauté internationale peuvent-ils
surmonter les obstacles actuels au développement d’un commerce réduisant la
pauvreté en vue d’assurer la réalisation des Objectifs de développement durable
en Afrique? Pour plus d'informations, cliquez ici: www.ictsd.org...
Regional Integration / L'intégration régionale
Tracking regional integration / Assurer le suivi de l'intégration
régionale en Afrique
One of the challenges hindering the implementation of Africa’s regional
integration agenda has been the lack of an effective monitoring mechanism.
How can the Africa Regional Integration Index help filling that gap? Read the full
article here: www.ictsd.org...
L’un des obstacles à la mise en œuvre du programme d’intégration régionale de
l’Afrique réside dans l’absence d’un mécanisme efficace de surveillance.
L’Indice de l’intégration régionale en Afrique peut-il pallier cette lacune? Accédez
à l'articel complet: www.ictsd.org...
Climate conference (video)
COP22: Spotlight on agriculture, Africa and action (video)
On Monday, the UN climate change conference COP22 kicked off in
Marrakech. Last year’s COP21, held in Paris, was lauded as a historic success,
resulting in all nations, including the largest polluters and the most vulnerable
island states, to sign the Paris Agreement. However, there were many
unanswered questions, keeping even the most optimistic observers and
participants from getting carried away. While COP21 was successful in
reaching agreement on paper, COP22 is expected to focus on real and
ambitious action. Watch the video here: http://www.ecdpm.org....
Trade Development / Développement Commercial
US Election
World prepares for new era following surprise Trump win
Donald Trump will be the 45th president of the United States, winning the
Electoral College vote in the world’s largest economy. The outcome – which has
surprised pollsters, policy analysts, and even campaign officials themselves –
has shaken global markets, as both the US and the international community
begin to react to new leadership in Washington that promises to break with
decades of previous policies. Read more here: www.ictsd.org/....
US Election
Trump and Africa: reciprocity will be key
President elect Donald Trump made scant mention of Africa during his
campaign: in fact, his engagement with the continent has thus far been limited to
a handful of Twitter posts. As such, any efforts to discern his Africa policy at this
stage are speculative at best. However, there is a general consensus that
because other, more pressing, priorities are likely to get in the way, Trump will
be restrained from implementing radical changes to US-Africa policy. Find out
more on: www.gtreview.com/....
G20 trade monitoring
Facilitation Agreement” enables
businesses to make border
clearance faster, simpler and
cheaper; resolve customs
disputes fairly; obtain information
on regulations and customs
procedures easily; and become
trusted partners of government in
implementing and monitoring trade
facilitation reforms. As a training
manual, it has clear descriptions
and practical exercises.
Registered users of the Toolbox
Trade can find the document in the
Trade Facilitation section of the
Toolbox: www.gc21.giz.de/....
Not registered yet? Don’t worry!
You can easily do so by clicking
here www.gc21.giz.de/... (GIZ
staff) or here www.gc21.giz.de/...
(external users). The Toolbox
provides guidelines, project
examples, useful links and plenty
of other information on all project
phases of a typical development
cooperation project in the area of
trade.
Events / Evènements
5-7 December 2016, Abuja,
Nigeria
The theme of the African
Economic Conference 2016 will
be “Feeding Africa: Towards AgroAllied Industrialization for Inclusive
Growth.” The meeting is being
organised jointly by the African
Development Bank Group (AfDB),
the UN Development Programme
(UNDP), and the United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa
(UNECA). Coming in the wake of
the 2015 adoption of the
Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) and other key international
events, this meeting will focus on
how agricultural policy in the
content must evolve to achieve
improved growth and help address
poverty and hunger. More
information is available here:
www.afdb.org/...
6 December 2016, Beirut,
Lebanon
As the only dedicated trade and
export finance event in the region,
the GTR Levant Region Trade &
Export Finance Conference is an
opportunity to meet face to face
with the region’s leading
corporates, trade financiers and
trade specialists. Discussions will
turn to the recent discovery of oil
and gas reserves in Lebanon,
Trade restrictions among G20 remain high / G-20: des
restrictions au commerce encore nombreuses
The WTO’s sixteenth monitoring report on Group of 20 (G20) trade measures,
issued on 10 November, shows that the number of trade-restrictive measures
applied by G20 economies remains high, despite a slight decline against the
previous period. Learn more here: www.wto.org/....
Le seizième rapport de suivi de l’OMC sur les mesures commerciales du
Groupe des 20 (G-20), publié le 10 novembre, montre que le nombre de
mesures restrictives pour le commerce appliquées par les économies du G-20
reste élevé, bien qu’il ait légèrement diminué par rapport à la période précédente.
Accédez à l'articel complet: www.wto.org/....
Agricultural Trade / Commerce Agricole
Food security
Overcoming malnutrition: Why policies on trade and markets
matter
At the UN General Assembly in October 2016, world leaders reiterated their
commitment to the 2030 Agenda – including commitments in the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) on ending hunger and malnutrition. How can
policies on trade and markets now help to achieve these objectives? This short
article examines how policies affecting trade and markets are relevant to the
new commitments on hunger and malnutrition; looks at past progress and
projected trends; and examines options for government action in years ahead.
To read the article click: www.ictsd.org/...
Agri-food exports
New record in EU agri-food exports in September 2016
The monthly value of EU agri-food exports in September 2016 reached a record
value of almost €11.5 billion exceeding the export values in September of
previous years by about €500 Million.The highest increases in monthly values
were recorded for exports to the USA and Japan, with notable increases also
seen to other Asian destinations (South Korea, Vietnam, India, Hong Kong). Find
out more here: www.ec.europa.eu/...
Trade agreements / Accords commerciaux
Study on impact of future trade agreements on the agricultural
sector / Etude sur les conséquences des futurs accords
commerciaux pour le secteur agricole
The European Commission today presented to EU agriculture ministers the
conclusions of a study on the cumulative effects of 12 future trade agreements
on the agri-food sector, including specific results for producer prices and
production volumes for a range of products accounting for 30% of the value of
the EU exports in the sector. Find the press release here: www.ec.europa.eu/....
La Commission européenne a présenté aux ministres de l'agriculture de l'Union
les conclusions d'une étude portant sur les effets cumulés de 12 futurs accords
commerciaux pour le secteur agroalimentaire; cette étude comprend notamment
des résultats spécifiques pour les prix à la production et les volumes de
production d'une gamme de produits qui représentent en valeur 30 % des
exportations de l'Union dans ce secteur. Trouvez le communiqué de presse ici:
www.ec.europa.eu/....
New Publications / Nouvelles Publications
UNCTAD
African Continental Free Trade Area: Developing and
Strengthening Regional Value Chains in Agricultural
Commodities and Processed Food Products
The African Union Assembly decided in 2012 during its 18th Ordinary Session
to boost intra-African trade and to fast track the Continental Free Trade Area
(CFTA). The present study aims to enhance knowledge among policy-makers,
experts and private sector on requisite policies and measures for fostering the
development and strengthening of regional supply and value chains in
and gas reserves in Lebanon,
current trade priorities, regional
trade flows and the role of
technology in trade finance. More
information is available here:
www.gtreview.com/...
6-7 December 2016, Beijing,
China
Beijing Normal University and
World Wildlife Fund (WWF), in
association with the Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and
the Pacific (ESCAP) and the AsiaPacific Research and Training
Network (ARTNeT), will organise
the 2016 International
Conference on Green Trade.
The Conference aims to bring
together speakers and participants
from governments, the private
sector, civil society, academia,
etc., and will feature active
dialogues among participants to
address various issues of
promoting Green Trade in Asia
and globally. To find out more
about the event, click here:
www.unescap.org/....
12-14 December 2016, Incheon ,
Republic of Korea
The International Seminar on
Trade Facilitation in North East
Asia is an annual joint event of the
United Nations Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and
the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the
Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI) to
learn recent development in trade
facilitation and discuss
cooperation in trade facilitation in
the North East Asia. Find out more
here: ://www.unescap.org/...
Background information on
activities of the GIZ Trade
Programme can be found via:
www.giz.de/trade
agricultural commodities and processed food products. This would contribute to
the development of intra-African trade in agricultural and food products including
through the setting up and strengthening of regional agro-food supply chains.
Access the publication here: www.unctad.org/...
WTO/UNCTAD
An Advanced Guide to Trade Policy Analysis: The Structural
Gravity Model
A new book on trade policy analysis was launched on 15th November by the
WTO and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD). “An Advanced Guide to Trade Policy Analysis: The Structural
Gravity Model” outlines one of the most successful tools for the analysis of trade
policy and provides practical guidance on how to apply this tool to trade policy
making. The book can be downloaded here: www.wto.org/....
WTO
Trade costs and inclusive growth: Case studies presented by
WTO chair-holders
Implementation of the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement would provide a huge
boost to trade, foreign investment, export diversification and participation in
global value chains, particularly for developing and least-developed economies,
according to a WTO publication launched on 14 November 2016: www.wto.org...
WTO, UNCTAD and ITC series: World Tariff Profiles
World Tariff Profiles 2016
World Tariff Profiles is a co-publication of the WTO, ITC and UNCTAD on
market access for goods. This annual publication provides comprehensive
Information on the tariffs and non-tariff measures imposed by over 170 countries
and customs territories. Please download the publication here: www.wto.org/...
World Bank Group flagship publication
Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All
This World Bank Group flagship publication, is the 14th in a series of annual
reports measuring the regulations that enhance business activity and those that
constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business
regulations that can be compared across 190 economies—from Afghanistan to
Zimbabwe—and over time. Purchase the report here: www.amazon.com/...
ICTSD think piece
Climate Change and Clean Energy in the 2030 Agenda: What Role
for the Trade System?
Kasturi Das and Kaushik Bandyopadhyay for the International Centre for Trade
and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) (October 2016). This think piece
explores how trade rules, in particular those established at the multilateral level,
could support progress towards the 2030 Agenda’s objectives related to climate
change and clean energy, with main focus on six key policy challenges at the
intersection of these factors. Access the think piece here: www.ictsd.org/...
Climate Strategies: Working Paper
The trade system and climate action: ways forward under the
Paris Agreement
This working paper is part of the Climate Strategies project on “Making the
International Trade System work for Climate Change.” The authors provide an
overview of the climate and world trade regime, discussing the upcoming issues
and possible synergies regarding climate policy and trade rules. Access the
working paper here: www.climatestrategies.org/...
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