UNCTAD/ESCWA Capacity Building Workshop on "Non-Tariff Measures: Economic Assessment and Policy Options for Development"

7 Nov 2018, 08:00 → 8 Nov 2018, 18:00 Asia/Beirut

In-Person

UN House, Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

1- NTMs have become a key factor influencing international trade, despite its implications on the economic development, particularly for countries pursuing a developmental strategy in order to integrate themselves into the global markets. 2- As most of the NTMs have a rather significant impact on the domestic economy and their development strategies, one way to alleviate NTMs is through trade agreements. 3- Trade policy today are increasingly using NTMs that are note necessarily designed to restrict or encourage trade but rather inclined to address non-trade regulatory objectives.