The OECD Secretary-General outlines the inherent worth of trade in services as well as the contributions service functions can make to global value chains and national export revenue.

Breaking down how services contribute to overall product value illustrates their importance and points up the need for an enabling business environment, experts from Sweden’s National Board of Trade contend.

While trade accords have the power to change the way services are exchanged, the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) negotiations are not transparent or inclusive enough to provide a clear mandate, says Pierre Sauvé of the World Trade Institute.

Matching policy directives with a well-organized development plan can make all the difference when trying to harness the full potential of the services sector, writes BCSI Executive Director Lisa R. Cummins.

Thinking outside the box - and outside the border - has boosted Colombian service providers while creating trade links on a vastly enlarged scale, writes Maria Claudia Lacouture, the president of Proexport Colombia.

Methods by which the A4T regime can create opportunities for increased export services from developing and least-developed nations that might not otherwise be able to join, and benefit from, global value chains.

A programme matching Continental clients with IT providers in Bangladesh has benefited both groups in a business sense while greatly increasing export revenue for the developing Asian nation.

The tourism industry’s remarkable growth, which is expected to continue in the coming decades, has the potential to drive socioeconomic and infrastructure development while aligning diverse partners in a common goal: creating a greener planet.

The business community must work more closely with policymakers to develop specific service sectors that add export value, the author of a new ITC book holds.

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