In the early days, we were actually advised we should never change our logo because we should establish our brand, you know, because, you know, you'd never want to change your logo.

Following on from its country level patronage, designed to foster the image of a socially responsible company, Carrefour decided to set up a second independent structure to intervene in such areas as humanitarian action, health, scientific and medical research, culture, education, the fight against exclusion and protection of the environment.

One approach to strengthening entrepreneurship has been to enhance the entrepreneurial traits of individual business persons.

(g) Employ persons with disabilities in the public sector

It is our strong belief that through fostering global commercial and cultural connections we are in support of the United Nations goals.

This body promotes trade through the development of local products for export in accordance with prevailing international trade rules and provisions.

We recognize the urgent need to enhance the coherence, governance and consistency of the international monetary, financial and trading systems.

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

First, governments need to adopt urgent business climate reforms in order to foster investment, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

One discussant said that the essence of CSR was the promotion of human decency in business.

Another policy initiative has been to promote leasing arrangements to help SMEs meet their needs for business equipment.

In order to remedy the situation, a number of countries report that they have stepped up policies for promoting market gardening, agroforestry and the establishment of cereal banks.

(e) Assisting in the strengthening of national capabilities in the collection and dissemination of information pertaining to trade and investment opportunities, trade efficiency and facilitation measures and enterprise development, especially the development of small and medium sized enterprises, as well as organizing trade fairs and exhibitions

But, in times of crisis, the trade spillovers have the opposite effect. As the global economy has become increasingly interconnected, these trade multipliers have increased.

The main objectives of Grow On Chamber of Commerce are to promote and facilitate trade and commerce between nations and to promote development and basic infrastructural work between nations.

While trade deals have often come at the expense of stronger domestic climate action, the EU s new trade agreement with Singapore aims to boost trade and investment in clean energy technologies and promote green public tendering.

In the short term, this might dampen China s own growth, but, given China s mammoth trade surplus with the EU ( 230 billion in 2010), this is both long overdue and reasonable.

The ambitious bilateral trade agreement now under construction is expected to boost exports in both directions by up to one third.

This MoU also provided technical training to enhance the range of skills, including their marketing and business promotion skills.

The aim of this inventory is to improve transparency in trade relations and inform exporting companies about impediments that other exporters have encountered when trying to enter particular markets.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) continued to nurture the rapid growth of South South trade and commerce.

Instead, the US stresses to foreign governments that an effective global trading system requires not only the removal of formal trade barriers, but also the absence of policies aimed at causing currency values that promote large trade surpluses.

His delegation welcomed the Organization's efforts to strengthen trade capacity building for developing countries, especially the joint UNIDO WTO cooperation programme.

Networking with business schools should focus on strengthening managerial skills and building capacity in investing and managing international enterprises.

In this context, creating conducive environment for private sector to play its supplementary role in enhancing flows of funds, technology and entrepreneurship to developing countries should be promoted.

The shops and office buildings are bustling with activity.

Confusion between trade names and brand names

Recognizing the increasing role of the business community, including the private sector, in enhancing the dynamic process of the development of the industrial sector,

But there is no reason to seek to accomplish this through trade talks that would likely weaken, not strengthen, the forces of reform.

To that end, our community seeks to enhance further cooperation with Governments, business and industry and civil society, in implementing research.

While strengthening the enabling environment for business is first and foremost the responsibility of developing countries, assistance can also be provided at the international level.

He welcomed the impetus given by the Secretary General to the Compact through the Global Compact Office and the role that the Office played in promoting responsible business practices.

Noting that the increased use of electronic communications improves the efficiency of commercial activities, enhances trade connections and allows new access opportunities for previously remote parties and markets, thus playing a fundamental role in promoting trade and economic development, both domestically and internationally,

Noting that the increased use of electronic communications improves the efficiency of commercial activities, enhances trade connections and allows new access opportunities for previously remote parties and markets, thus playing a fundamental role in promoting trade and economic development, both domestically and internationally,

Thailand fully supports the role of APEC's in enhancing business mobility and securing the safety of travellers through the APEC Business Travel Card and the pilot project on the Regional Movement Alert List (RMAL).

Business is good for development and development is good for business.

The combination of high corporate saving and low business investment has sustained the current account surplus, allowing Japan to fund its budget deficit domestically.

The council is formed to protect women entrepreneurs' interests in domestic and international trade relations and to assist them in trade and investment promotion and technology transfer in Vietnam and abroad.

Consequently, technical cooperation programmes, based on the successful business partnership programme in India and focusing on productivity enhancement, are being enlarged towards the integration of environmental and social issues.

In that regard, the authority of UNCTAD needed to be enhanced to enable it to carry out its tasks in the areas of development, trade and investment, and technical assistance for trade negotiations and information and communication technology.

The FTC held the view that KWL was entitled to advance its own commercial interests, but such behaviour was not acceptable under section 20 of the Fair Competition Act if its actual purpose was to strengthen and abuse its dominant position.

The United Nations should enhance its capacity to cooperate with the private sector by clarifying internal processes and devoting greater resources to working with businesses.

Another related factor in the role of OFDI in enhancing firm competitiveness is reputation and perhaps brand image.

This exercise included a bazaar at which women traders from neighbouring West African countries shared ideas and strategies among themselves with a view, in particular, to strengthening trade links across borders.

v. strengthen the development dimension in multilateral trade agreements, including operationalizing the special and differential treatment provisions such as extending the transitional period in implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreement