Author: Lloyd A. Downey

Publisher: UN

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789291374113

The guide is designed to assist foreign trade representatives (FTRs) in their activities - draws on the field experience of the Foreign Trade Representation Programme of ITC and its FTR methodology aimed at strengthening the FTR networks of trade support institutions (TSIs) from developing and transition economies; takes into account globalization and its effects on trade and employment, changes in the multilateral trading system, as well as the rise in bilateral and regional agreements, increasing Internet use and instant communication; focuses on the training and advisory aspects of FTR, and provides a set of specific tools, methods and capacity-building possibilities for trade support institutions in charge of supervising FTR networks; serves as references to TSIs to help them gain a better understanding [of] the issues faced by their networks of FTRs.