Exchange of best practices on protecting people and securing vital trade against COVID-19

Strengthening regional cooperation on coordinated trade and transport policy response to COVID-19 by a global exchange of experiences, and sub-regional collabo

Regional arrangements on COVID-19 response

Regional arrangements on COVID-19 response

Regional arrangements on COVID-19 response

Regional arrangements on COVID-19 response

The COVID-19 Pandemic calls for a multi-sectoral response in Asia and the Pacific to protect people and enhance resilience, support economic recovery and restore supply chains and support SMEs. Shipping and ports are a major part of such a response. For most countries in Asia and the Pacific, shipping represents a doorway to global economy. In many cases, especially in SIDS, shipping is a lifeline linking local communities to the regional and global markets and sustaining local social and economic development.

Assess the extent to which the implemented NTMs generate non-tariff trade barriers and the implications for sustained recovery

Online training/ portal on NTMs