ECONOMY
Workshop on Asian trade policy wraps up in Philippine
Baku, August 26 (AZERTAC). A five-day workshop called “New Issues in Trade Policy: Challenges and Responses from Asia” organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has today ended in Manila, Philippines.
Azerbaijan was represented by employees of the Ministry of Economic Development.
The workshop provided middle- and senior-level trade officials from across Asia and the Pacific with a critical overview of key trade policy issues facing the region, and an opportunity examining their implications with peers and experts from across Asia.
The workshop featured discussions on the dynamics of trade and production networks, recent developments in the Doha Round and at the WTO, new issues in trade policy (government procurement, intellectual property rights, labor, environment) with a focus on implications for the Asia-Pacific region, an outline for a region wide FTA: TPP vs. ASEAN+ approach and available online trade policy tools to implement/evaluate trade policy and FTAs.