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External sources (not reviewed)

and implementation of agreements.

cooperation for food and energy security, and disaster risk reduction; and (d) assisting the least developed countries in building productive capacity.

seamlessly, the region’s lagging economies would be able to access the largest and most dynamic markets in the world, contributing to a more balanced pattern of regional economic development.

enterprises (SMEs), and capacitybuilding work of the secretariat through the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT).

concern, paying particular attention to least developed and landlocked countries; promote value chains for agricultural and forestry products, including under initiatives such as “one village one product” programmes; and disseminate information and provide capacity-building assistance on the certification of organic foods and sanitary and phytosanitary standards, accession to APTA and overall assistance in the formulation of appropriate trade and investment policies.

in laws and regulations; cooperation of small and medium enterprises; and cooperation in Chinese traditional medicine and medical products sector.

and environmentally friendly economic growth.

Africa Transport Policy Programme (1); mainstreaming regional integration into national development plans (1); mainstreaming the African Mining Vision into subregional mining policy harmonization frameworks (1); maintenance of the Observatory on Regional Integration in Africa (1); support for the African Peer Review Mechanism and governance processes (1).

to overseas practices to study the feasibility of ‘one-registration, two-uses’ for trademarks, establishing a mutual recognition regime for trademark registration in both the Mainland and Hong Kong, and offering special protection for well-known trademarks and brands.

to the landlocked developing countries, such as South–South and triangular cooperation; enhanced transit transport connectivity through regional cooperation; the promotion of development-supportive FDI inflows; assistance for economic restructuring and respecialization, including the promotion of exportable services; export diversification; mitigating the effects of climate change; support to the WTO accession of the landlocked developing countries and to the conduct of the multilateral trade negotiations, and measures to ensure more benefits for the landlocked developing countries from the Aid for Trade initiative, to name but a few.

the need to facilitate the movement of migrant workers.

to formulate and implement effective policy measures to enhance food security and sustainable agriculture and the contribution of the private sector, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises and agro-based enterprises to inclusive and sustainable development.

as a primary guideline for transport policymakers to promote connectivity across the region and the need to develop an action plan for its implementation.

and logistics services development.