Trade knowledge and learning

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  • Online Course on Negotiating Regional Trade Agreements for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic
  • E-Learning Series on Business Process Analysis for Trade Facilitation
  • Online Course on Negotiation of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPA)
  • and more...

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United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

Online Course on Negotiating Regional Trade Agreements for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic

This course is designed to:

  1. Enhance the understanding of the need to improve trade agreements to ensure better response to pandemics and other crises;
  2. Provide a range of options of provisions that can be used in future trade agreements;
  3. Get feedback from negotiators and policy analysts that can be integrated into future iterations of the course and the Handbook.
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E-Learning Series on Business Process Analysis for Trade Facilitation

The Business Process Analysis (BPA) online training course has been developed by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Trade, Investment and Innovation Division based on the UNNExT BPA Guide to Simplify Trade Procedures. The course consists of seven modules aimed at government officials and introduces a step-by-step approach to conducting BPA as the first step towards simplifying trade procedures.

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Online Course on Negotiation of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements

This course is designed to help trade officials from developing countries to better understand these issues, so that they can deal with them more effectively during CEPA negotiations.

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United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) FREE

Quality Infrastructure and Trade (5 weeks)

A ten training module online course that starts with an introduction to the international trading system, elaborates on the elements of the Quality Infrastructure System and touches upon cross-cutting issues such as good governance, sustainability and gender mainstreaming.

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World Trade Organization (WTO) FREE

Trade and Environment at WTO

This course includes WTO discussions on trade and environment, WTO trade and environment negotiations and how WTO rules intersect with environmental policies.

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Trade Facilitation Agreement

This course covers the objectives, structure, provisions and flexibilities of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). It also explains the work of the Trade Facilitation Committee.

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Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures

This course explains the objectives and structure of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures. It helps policymakers understand import licensing rules and import licensing procedures and distinguish between automatic and non-automatic import licensing.

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