Trade cooperation. 1. The Parties, acknowledging the importance of trade as a major contributor to economic growth and development, shall bolster trade opportunities for their mutual benefit. They shall cooperate to build trade capacity and to put in place the framework conditions and policies to facilitate increased trade flows between them.
Trade cooperation. 1. The Parties confirm their determination:
Trade cooperation. 1. The Parties agree that cooperation in trade shall promote the integration of the countries of Central America into the world economy. It shall also aim to xxxxxx, through the provision of trade related technical assistance, the development and diversification of intra-regional trade as well as trade with the European Union to the highest possible degree.
Trade cooperation. 1. The Parties undertake to promote the development and diversification of their reciprocal commercial exchanges to the highest possible level and to their mutual benefit. The Parties undertake to achieve improved market access conditions. They will ensure that applied, most-favoured-nation customs duties are set, taking into account various elements, including the domestic market situation of one Party and the export interests of the other Party. They undertake to work towards the elimination of barriers to trade, in particular through the timely removal of non-tariff barriers and by taking measures to improve transparency, having regard to the work carried out by international oganisations in this field.
Trade cooperation. 1. The Parties shall advance regional integration and cooperation processes in the Caribbean, including through strengthened trade facilitation and regulatory harmonisation to enable countries and economic operators to take advantage of trading with their neighbours and xxxxxx their integration into key regional and global value chains. They shall take concrete steps to support the development of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Economic Union.
Trade cooperation. In view of their common objective to work towards establishing the conditions under which, building upon the outcome of the Doha Work Programme, a feasible and mutually beneficial Association Agreement, including a Free Trade Agreement, could be negotiated between them, the Parties agree that cooperation in trade shall promote capacity-building of the Andean countries for increased competitiveness enabling a better participation in the European market and the world economy. Given this objective, trade-related technical assistance should include activities in the field of trade facilitation and customs (such as simplification of procedures, modernisation of customs administrations and training of officials), technical standards, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, intellectual property rights, investment, services, government procurement, dispute- settlement systems, etc. It shall xxxxxx the development and diversification of intra-regional trade to the highest possible level, and encourage the active participation of the Andean region in multilateral trade negotiations in the context of the World Trade Organisation. Trade related technical assistance should also xxxxxx the identification and elimination of obstacles that prevent the development of trade. An additional purpose may be to promote and support, among other things, the following activities: - trade promotion activities, including adequate exchanges between enterprises from both sides; - trade missions; - market analysis; - how best to adapt local production to the demand of external markets.
Trade cooperation. Article 8 In the field of trade, the object of this Agreement is to promote trade between the Contracting Parties, taking account of their respective levels of development and of the need to ensure a better balance in their trade, with a view to increasing the rate of growth of Lebanon's trade and improving the conditions of access for its products to the Community market.
Trade cooperation. (i) The Parties reaffirm their rights and obligations under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (hereinafter referred to as the “WTO Agreement”), in particular the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade and the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
Trade cooperation. Article 2
Trade cooperation. Follow-up to the meeting of the ACP-EC Subcommittee on Trade cooperation The Committee took note of an oral report presented by X.X. Xxxxxxxx Ms BASSONG, Ambassador of Cameroon, ACP Chair of the ACP-EC Subcommittee on Trade Cooperation, which met on 29 March 20041 and the comments made by the Commission. The ACP announced that it would be making declarations at the ACP-EC Council of Ministers on some commodities. The Ambassador of Benin announced that a statement on cotton would be made. At the request of the ACP side, the Committee agreed to bring to the attention of Ministers the following issues: . the cadmium content in swordfish and the wider issue of the content of mercury and other heavy metals in fisheries products, . the tuna fish import quota for ACP countries with derogation from the rules of origin.
