How can policies on trade strengthen resilience in countries that are particularly vulnerable to disasters? Experts and senior government officials grappled with this question at a virtual session during the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade and Environment Week on 18 November, focusing particularly on the role that trade facilitation can play in the process.
Facilitating the event, Brendan Vickers, Head, International Trade Policy Section, Commonwealth Secretariat, asked experts from Newcastle University and the Shridath Ramphal Centre of the University of the West Indies to offer their responses, alongside ambassadors from Barbados, the Pacific Islands Forum and the Bahamas.
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