As a result, growth in intra regional trade has outpaced overall trade growth, with intra Asian trade now accounting for more than half of the continent s total trade turnover.

A successful conclusion of the round would be the strongest possible action to counter protectionist tendencies and resume growth in world trade.

With respect to trade, the forthcoming World Trade Organization Ministerial Meeting provides an important opportunity for significant decisions to be taken to reform the world trading system so as to provide better opportunities for trade to contribute to Africa's long term growth and development.

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In 2012, world trade expanded by only 2.5 , while global GDP grew at a disappointing 3.2 rate.

The OECD s founding convention calls on it to assist sound economic expansion and to contribute to growth in world trade on a multilateral, non discriminatory basis.

The ESCAP region is a major contributor to world trade growth, with both exports and imports growing faster than world exports and imports and with China becoming the world's third largest trading nation.

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Without trade, there can be no sustained equitable economic growth.

Europe s extensive regional and global trade networks mean that its internal problems are impeding world trade and, in turn, global economic growth.

Status of WTO negotiations on trade facilitation

In the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment, the chairman has encouraged WTO Members to draw up lists of EGs.

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The secretariat has continued to cooperate with the World Customs Organization and the Committee on Trade and Environment of the World Trade Organization.

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At its core, the global economic crisis is a growth crisis.

It is the only G 20 country outside of the WTO, which accounts for 96 of global trade.

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Private sector expectations from the WTO negotiations on trade facilitation

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The world has been witnessing a steady increase in global trade at a compounded annual growth rate of 2.2 per cent since the 1990s, with foreign trade as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) steadily increasing in major trading countries and country groupings.

Periods in which trade grows at a slower pace than output are rare, and reflect severe strain on the global economy s health.

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MILAN The growth map of the global economy is relatively clear.

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