National Consultation on Facilitating Cross-border Paperless Trade TONGA

Co-organized by Ministry of Trade and Economic Development & Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

In moving forward in the area of trade facilitation and paperless trade in Tonga, legal and technical readiness assessments for cross-border paperless trade will be conducted, under a United Nations ESCAP project as part of the joint UN Development Account project entitled “Transport and trade connectivity in the age of pandemics”.

The purpose of the national consultation is to discuss and review the recommendations and the draft action plan, based on the findings from the assessment.