The representative of the International Trade Centre (ITC) said that its mandate was primarily trade promotion and business development.

The typical Trade Union representative has a face of a middle aged man.

The representative of Senegal underlined UNCTAD's crucial role in support of developing countries' trade and development.

The representative of Azerbaijan stressed the central role of trade as an engine for growth, development and poverty eradication.

One representative said that the Conference should advise the Chemical Review Committee to give priority to chemicals that were in international trade.

At the 1st meeting, the Chair invited the representative of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to make a statement.

The representative from the CBD sSecretariat noted that the CBD didoes not specifically address the issue of illegal trade in biological resources.

In addition, the Council needs an effective, efficient and representative intergovernmental mechanism for engaging its counterparts in the institutions dealing with finance and trade.

The spokesman of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) did not comment on the text of the bilateral trade agreement between the United States and Mexico and the negotiations between the United States and Canada.

The representative of the private sector emphasized the importance of dismantling barriers to South South trade, from which developing countries can make even greater gains.

In addition, one representative stressed the need for cooperation with, and training of, licence issuers too, given that they could be instrumental in combating illegal trade.

The representative of Mauritius, associating himself with the statements made on behalf of the G77 and China, the African Group and Jamaica, stressed that trade was a key component in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and that trade liberalization should ensure development gains.

The US led public relations blitzkrieg of euphemism has already begun, with US Assistant Trade Representative Wendy Cutler describing the latest PTA, the Trans Pacific Partnership, as a high standard agreement. Other American officials have taken to calling PTA s trade agreements for the twenty first century.

Warning of an all out trade war if the sanctions go forward, US Trade Representative Susan Schwab argues that green trade sanctions would violate World Trade Organization rules. In a recent letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, she wrote, We believe this approach could be a blunt and imprecise instrument of fear, rather than one of persuasion, that will take us down a dangerous path and adversely impact US manufacturers, farmers, and consumers.

The representative of Jamaica said that, while the value of UNCTAD's role had been reaffirmed in the São Paulo Consensus and trade was understood to be central to development, the development dimension of trade should be tackled specifically in a systematic way to address the concerns of developing countries.

In introducing the item, a representative of the secretariat said that strengthening the competitiveness of domestic enterprises, particularly SMEs, was vital for developing countries to benefit fully from international trade and investment.

As far as the US is concerned, President Barack Obama has already said that he would take Britain more seriously inside the EU than outside it. Similarly, US Trade Representative Michael Froman recently observed that the US would not be interested in negotiating a separate free trade deal with Britain.

The NGO representative and board member indicated that their organization represents four trade unions, hundreds of NGOs and sixty million members, all working to achieve the MDGs and Millennium Declaration in their respective ways.

The representative of Honduras, speaking in his capacity as President of the Commission on Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities at its ninth session, introduced the Commission's report (TD B COM.1 73).

The representative of Zimbabwe stressed UNCTAD's crucial role in support of developing countries' trade and development through the three pillars of its work, and specifically for Zimbabwe in its preparations for the Hong Kong meeting.

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The representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran noted that despite their efforts to create an environment conducive to promoting trade and development, the African countries had encountered many difficulties in achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

The representative of Benin, speaking on behalf of the least developed countries, said that the proposed programme budget centred around two fundamental axes analysis and policy formulation, and cooperation for the promotion of trade and development.

The representative of Japan acknowledged the problem of preference erosion as one of the greatest concerns of some LDCs, although he did not think that the losses resulting from preference erosion exceeded the gains from trade liberalization.

The World Trade Organization is now disseminating trade profiles of economies combining trade flows with trade policy information sourced from within the World Trade Organization and other organizations and OECD has developed a prototype on trade indicators (trade plus production, employment, investment, etc.) linking standardized information from various OECD databases to trade data.

According to foreign media reports, the joint statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Freeland and the United States Trade Representative Lighthizer, which was published on the Canadian government website, indicated that the United States, Canada and Mexico had reached a trilateral trade agreement, which was called USMCA (The United States Mexico Canada Agreement).

US President Barack Obama correctly argues that this is an occasion to set the rules for trade and investment in the twenty first century. Yet the US Treasury Department and the US Trade Representative steadfastly refuse to include any language prohibiting currency manipulation in the TPP, for five main reasons none of which fits the facts.

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Priority three International trade and trade facilitation

We know that when the same question is asked in real surveys with representative samples not just Harvard students the outcome is quite different. In the United States, respondents favor trade restrictions by a two to one margin.

The representative of the United States Federal Trade Commission commented that, although a leniency programme had proved the most effective investigatory tool in cartel prosecution, the United States had prosecuted cartels successfully before it introduced a leniency programme.

Negotiations on the outcome document and many subsequent statements have demonstrated that, if more could not be achieved on the development aspects of trade in the document, it is because the Security Council has not been made representative.

(iv) World Trade Organization (WTO) WTO Trade Facilitation

Adjustment, support to trade and trade related shocks

The issue is not free trade versus protectionism, but smart trade versus polarizing trade. Smart trade creates balanced development, while polarizing trade rewards a small circle of winners at the expense of the many.

At the 12th meeting, on 14 October, the representative of the Netherlands introduced a draft resolution entitled Addressing the humanitarian and development impact of the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (A C.1 60 L.34).

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