Session 1: Trade Facilitation in the World and Region

Session 1: Trade Facilitation in the World and Region

 
Date: 
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Abstract

This is for the Session 1:Trade Facilitation in the World and Region of International Seminar on Trade Facilitation in North East Asia held in Changchun, China on 2 September, 2015.

Session 1: Trade Facilitation in the World and Region (Chaired by Dr. Nam Sangmin, Deputy Head of UNESCAP East and North-East Asia Office)
The session will share major trends and issues of Trade Facilitation in the world and regions such as modernization of customs administration, simplification of customs declarations, upgrading border management, etc.
• Mr. Bismark Sitorus, Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD
• Mr. Lim Sangwon, Economic Affairs Officer, Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
• “Germany’s Approach to Trade Facilitation as a Topic of International Cooperation” by Mr. Magnus C. M. Brod, Program Manager of Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration in Asia, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

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German Aid for Trade by Magnus BrodDownload
Progress Made in Trade Facilitation in the Asia Pacific Region and Way Forward by Sangwon LimDownload
Trade Facilitation in the World and Region by Bismark SitorusDownload