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High-level Thematic Round Table 4: Enhancing the participation of least developed countries in international trade and regional integration

7 March 2023, Doha time: 9:00 – 12:00
Thematic Roundtables Hall

International trade plays a critical role in accelerating economic growth and sustainable development. LDCs have not been able to derive the full potentials of international trade, due to supply-side constraints and various tariff and non-tariff barriers. The Programme of Action outlines a set of targets and actions relating to duty-free and quota-free market access, preferential rules of origin, the least developed countries services waiver, technical assistance and capacity-building, including through Aid for Trade, Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, e-commerce, regional integration and several other areas, that will help least developed countries to take full advantage of the international support measures available to them to harness the economic gains from export-led growth.

The high-level thematic round tables will focus on consensus-building to renew and reinvigorate partnerships and mobilize additional international support measures and actions in support of least developed countries to enhance their resilience to multiple shocks and accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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