International Trade Forum articles from January 2001

International Trade Forum archives from January 2001

From the Editor.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Once again, ITC presents trade development perspectives shaped by the impact of information and communication technology. This issue reports conclusions from "Executive Forum 2000: Export Development in the Digital Economy", the resulting ITC...

Playing @ the Digital Game: Too few firms in developing countries are taking advantage of new technologies which can help them export better. (ITC Speaks).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... In this article, ITC focuses on what developing countries can do to shift their attention from the "Digital Divide" to the "Digital Dividend". From the "Digital Divide" to the "Digital Dividend" Recent information and communication...

Back Office Operations. (Market Profile).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Consider back office operations in your national export development strategy. Developing countries can harness the current trend of outsourcing business operations to address key challenges in managing their economic development. This...

FAO Frequently Asked Questions ... about Business Negotiations on the Internet: Used effectively, e-mail and the web are good communication channels that business executives can use for negotiations. (Exporting Better).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Q. What are the advantages of negotiating via the Internet? A. When negotiating from your office, you save time and money on travel. You also have access to your files, staff and any other expertise you may require to carry out the...

Views on E-trade in Developing Countries. (Close Up).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... What are business executives in developing countries and trade development officials saying about e-trade? Below is a "sampler" - a taste of the individual views expressed during the Executive Forum process. For more views, see the Executive...

E-Trade Opportunities: Are Developing Countries Ready? (Close up).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Services exporting, software development and hardware represent three major market opportunities for firms in developing and transition economies. Traditional exporters can also harness new technologies to cut costs and reposition themselves in...

Bridging the Digital Divide: Five Stepping ones to make countries e-competitive. (close-up).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Legal framework * Create trust in the mechanics of e-trade (electronic signatures, copyrights, consumer protection, consumer privacy, dispute resolution). * Reinforce international competitiveness (tax laws). * Don't overregulate:...

E-challenges: Countries in Action: Below is a small sample of e-trade challenges and approaches in developing countries. (Close up).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Ghana's e-challenge Ghana's national strategy is to promote export development aggressively, primarily in non-traditional export sectors. The Ghana Export Promotion Council (GEPC) coordinates the implementation of this strategy. One of...

ITC Spells Out It's E-Trade Strategy. (Close-up).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The conclusions drawn from the Executive Forum helped ITC to crystallize its thinking on how to assist its clients to understand, develop and apply the new information and communication technologies and associated business practices to...

DOTforce. (Organizations).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The Digital Opportunity Task Force was established at the G8 Summit in Okinawa, Japan, in July 2000 and convened its first meeting on 27-28 November in Tokyo. The task force will examine concrete steps to bridge the international digital divide...

WTO. (Organizations).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The World Trade Organization (WTO) is responsible for establishing agreements which impact upon electronically mediated trade. The WTO work programme in electronic commerce cuts across the work of the following WTO sections: the Council for...

OECD. (Organizations).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Anyone seriously interested in e-commerce and the issues facing small and medium-sized companies in developing countries will turn to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) site at some stage. The site is large but...

The Digital Divide Network. (Networks).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... This is a well-designed site covering the issues associated with the growing gap between the information "haves" and "have nots". The site demonstrates who the actors are in the debate from the private-, public- and not for-profit sectors. The...

Global Knowledge Partnership. (Networks).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... For a broader perspective on electronic trade and the role of information in shaping society turn to this site hosted by the World Bank Institute. You will find topics such as African Women and Economic Development and ICT, Jobs and Work. Join...

Commitment to e-government. (E-Brief from Canada).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Canada's federal government is committed to achieving fully enabled electronic service delivery by 2004. For more information of this initiative you may wish to explore: * http://canada.gc.ca/main_e.html This is Canada's online government...

Canada's e-commerce strategy. (E-Brief from canada).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... In 1998, Canada's Department of Industry established an Electronic Commerce Task Force in order to forge partnerships and address the horizontal issues created by e-commerce. See the following web site: *...

E-services. (E-Brief from Canada).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Canada's trade promotion organization, the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service, is continuously improving its web site in order to provide easy access to its services through its network of trade representatives abroad. The focus over the next...

Partnerships. (E-Brief from Canada).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Canada's trade promotion organization is part of a network of trade development partners called Team Canada, Inc. which includes 23 government organizations with a common trade development plan and achievement report. Export Source is a common...

Our Readers Write.
January 1, 2001... Readers' favourite topics Innovation "Thank you for sending me your publications, Successful Services Exporting and Innovating for Success in the Export of Services, which you had promised me in your e-mail responding to my comments on...

Converting Export Opportunities into Business: ITC Business Round Table at UN LDC III conference. (ITC News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... ITC will organize a Business Sector Round Table for the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (Brussels, May 2001). The meeting provides a forum for creative dialogue to some 75 participants comprising entrepreneurs...

ACP Countries "Think Regional". (ITC News).(African, Pacific, and Pacific)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... How can African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries benefit most from the new world trading system? This was the theme of a keynote address delivered by ITC's Executive Director, J. Denis Belisle, at the Meeting of the ACP Ministers...

Business Round Table on IT Prospects in Central and Eastern Europe. (ITC News).(information technology)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... ITC joined with the Slovenian Ministry of Economic Relations and Development and WTO to hold a regional business round table on International Market Prospects for Information Technology Industries (Portorose, November 2000). Continued...

Executive Forum 2001: Is your trade support network working? (ITC News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Executive Forum 2001 will be held in Montreux, Switzerland, from 26-30 September. The theme this year: "Is your trade support network working?" The question will be explored from two perspectives: the viewpoints of the aspiring exporter...

Craft Trade and Protection: ITO and WIPO together in Cuba. (ITC News).
January 1, 2001... The first joint ITC/World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Workshop on Legal Protection of Craft Items (Havana, February 2001) gathered 160 participants from 16 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. They included artisans and...

New ITC Director of Administration. (In Brief).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Mr. Gian Piero Roz, an Italian national, has joined ITC as Director, Division of Administration. His previous post was as Director, Information Services Technology Division, Department of Management at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in...

Training trainers in the United Republic of Tanzania. (In Brief).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... ITC trained 19 experts in the Arusha-Moshi region, United Republic of Tanzania, in diagnostic, training and counselling skills to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) become internationally competitive. The Trade Tutor Team Building...

CD-based tools for trainers and business managers. (In Brief).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... ITC has four CD-ROM-based tools that help trainers diagnose business management problems, and address them strategically: * NEEDSME identifies managerial problem areas and the extent to which business objectives are achieved, both for firms...

New trade promotion project in Bolivia. (In Brief).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The Swiss secretariat of economic affairs (seco) is financing a three-and-a-half-year ITC project in Bolivia. The project seeks to address problems in the development of Bolivian exports by integrating several national and international...

ITC's Market Brief Programme. (ITC News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... ITC's Market Briefs are short market analyses, available in print and on ITC's web site, which review export potential for products and markets of interest to developing countries. Below is a summary of a recent ITC Market Brief on Fruit and...

International marketing and the trading system. (Latest ITC Publications).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... International marketing and the trading system. 219 pages. Study dealing with marketing principles and key managerial decisions facing SMEs in developing and transition economies, in the light of the WTO Agreement and the multilateral trading...

Secrets of Electronic Commerce: A guide for small and medium-sized exporters. (Latest ITC Publications).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... * Secrets of Electronic Commerce: A guide for small and medium-sized exporters. 267 pages. Guide identifying SME issues and constraints in regard to e-commerce, it explains how to develop an e-commerce strategy and conduct online market...

Cocoa: A guide to trade practices. (Latest ITC Publications).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Cocoa: A guide to trade practices. 180 pages. Guide describing trade and industry practices, as well as regulations applying to cocoa, it traces customs procedures, systems and techniques used at each stage of the cocoa supply chain; reviews...

Oilcakes and meals: Market challenges for developing countries. (Latest ITC Publications).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Oilcakes and meals: Market challenges for developing countries. 84 pages. Market survey on oil crops, oilseeds, oilcakes and meals, it examines factors affecting supply and demand for livestock products, oilcakes and meals; gives overview of...

Market News Service. (ITC's International Trade Bulletins).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... * Market News Service. Price and market information for ten primary and/or semi-processed products. Available in English by fax, mail ore-mail on a paid subscription basis (fees are temporarily waived for least developed countries). The...

Packdata Factsheets. (ITC's International Trade Bulletins).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... * Packdata Factsheets. Overviews of national legislation, packaging case studies and speeches. Issued four times yearly in English, French and Spanish. Available in printed format.

Export Packaging Notes. (ITC's International Trade Bulletins).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... * Export Packaging Notes. Recent issues include a calendar of selected packaging conferences and exhibitions, a list of relevant ISO standards and a list of selected packaging-related European directives. Issued twice yearly. English, French,...

Current Awareness Bulletins. (ITC's International Trade Bulletins).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... * Current Awareness Bulletins. Abstracts of key packaging information sources. Issued quarterly in English. Available in printed format.

Export Quality Bulletins. (ITC's International Trade Bulletins).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... * Export Quality Bulletins. Each bulletin explores one export quality topic in detail, such as eco-labelling for textiles, WTO's Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, quality issues in the European Union for food and others. Issued...

Trade Finance Press Abstracts. (ITC's International Trade Bulletins).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... * Trade Finance Press Abstracts. Finance-related press abstracts, contact information for export credit agencies, ITC trade financing activities. Issued quarterly in English. Available in printed format.

International Purchasing and Supply Link. (ITC's International Trade Bulletins).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... * International Purchasing and Supply Link. Trends and contacts in purchasing and supply management. ITC research and activities in international purchasing; public procurement issues; practical tools and techniques for purchasing managers....

International Trade Documentation. (ITC's International Trade Bulletins).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... * International Trade Documentation. Selection of new publications with bibliographic references. Issued quarterly in English. Available in printed format.

World Tr@de Net Newsletter. (ITC's International Trade Bulletins).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... * World Tr@de Net Newsletter. News on important WTO meetings and their business implications, dispute settlement cases, relevant ITC publications and events of interest to partners in ITC's World Tr@de Net programme. Available monthly, by...

Fibres and Textiles Industry at the Turn of the Century: Some Observations. (ITC Technical Papers).
January 1, 2001... * Fibres and Textiles Industry at the Turn of the Century: Some Observations. 44 pages (Technical Paper). Background paper covering issues with significant impact on future development in international trade in textiles and clothing, focuses on...

Global Technology Markets: Country Profile, Export Potential. Information Technology: Poland. (ITC Technical Papers).
January 1, 2001... * Global Technology Markets: Country Profile, Export Potential. Information Technology: Poland. 73 pages (Technical Paper). Study focusing on information technology (IT) sector in Poland, it reviews country's economic environment and its...

Global Technology Markets: Country Profile, Export Potential. Information Technology: Slovenia. (ITC Technical Papers).
January 1, 2001... * Global Technology Markets: Country Profile, Export Potential. Information Technology: Slovenia. 31 pages (Technical Paper). Study focusing on IT sector in Slovenia, reviews country's general economic environment and its national export...

Global Technology Markets: Country Profile, Export Potential. Information Technology: Czech Republic. (ITC Technical Papers).
January 1, 2001... * Global Technology Markets: Country Profile, Export Potential. Information Technology: Czech Republic. 90 pages (Technical Paper). Study focusing on IT sector in Czech Republic. It reviews country's general economic environment and its...

Global Technology Markets: Country Profile, Export Potential. Information Technology: Armenia. (ITC Technical Papers).
January 1, 2001... * Global Technology Markets: Country Profile, Export Potential. Information Technology: Armenia. 75 pages (Technical Paper). Study focusing on IT sector in Armenia. It reviews country's general economic environment and its national export...

Trade in Euro: A guide for enterprises and trade support agencies in developing and transition countries. (ITC Technical Papers).
January 1, 2001... * Trade in Euro: A guide for enterprises and trade support agencies in developing and transition countries. 80 pages (Technical Paper). Guide analysing implications of the introduction of euro for small and medium enterprises in developing...

Rules of Origin in Export Credit Insurance. (ITC Technical Papers).
January 1, 2001... * Rules of Origin in Export Credit Insurance. 35 pages (Technical Paper). Paper focusing on impact of the rules of origin on export credit insurance, it provides background information on rules of origin and describes export credit insurance...