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This donation will finance technical assistance programmes to assess developing
and least developed countries trade facilitation needs and priorities. Trade
facilitation looks at how procedures and controls governing the movement of
goods across national borders can be improved to reduce costs and burdens. It
also allows trade flows to be as effecicient as possible.
WTO Director General Pascal Lamy declared “I welcome this donation which
illustrates Switzerland's commitment to help developing countries integrate in
the global economy and take better advantage of the multilateral trading system.
For these countries, trade facilitation is crucial to produce an improved
trading environment.”
Swiss Ambassador Luzius Wasescha stated “Switzerland is pleased to assist
developing countries to improve their trading and economic capacity. This
contribution is a concrete expression of Switzerland's goal to use trade as a
tool for development.”
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