trade

Arancha Gonzalez.
WTO/Studio Casagrande (Jay Louvion/Kryvosheiev Nikita)

Ban appoints Arancha Gonzalez of Spain to head International Trade Centre

15 August 2013
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Arancha Gonzalez of Spain as Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC), the joint agency of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and World Trade Organization (WTO) for trade and international business development.
Workers offloading merchandise at the Mogadishu seaport.
UN Photo/Tobin Jones

World merchandise exports show tepid growth for 2012, UN reports

17 April 2013
Global merchandise exports grew by only 0.2 percent in value in 2012 after two years of significant expansion, with a decline among developed countries offset by 3.6 percent growth among developing countries fuelled by petroleum and gas, according to United Nations figures released today.
Director of UNCTAD's Division on Investment and Enterprise James Zhan.
UNCTAD

International investment disputes hit record in 2012 – UN report

10 April 2013
Foreign investors are increasingly resorting to investor-State arbitration to settle investment disputes, with a record number of cases filed last year, according to a new report released today by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).