www.apec.org

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation organization aims to foster sustainable economic growth and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region. It promotes free and open trade and investment, regional economic integration, economic and technical cooperation, human security, and a favorable and sustainable business environment.

www.adb.org

The Asian Development Bank is dedicated to reducing, and ultimately eradicating, poverty in the Asia and Pacific region. Founded in 1966, it supports its member countries through loans, grants, policy dialogue, technical assistance, and equity investments, with an emphasis on infrastructure, health care services, financial and public administration systems, climate, and natural-resource management.

www.asean.org

ASEAN aims to build a prosperous and peaceful community of Southeast Asian nations by helping accelerate economic growth, social progress, and cultural development in the region. It promotes regional peace and stability through collaboration and mutual assistance in the economic, social, cultural, technical, scientific and administrative fields.

cairnsgroup.org

The Cairns Group is a coalition of 20 agricultural exporting countries from Latin America, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region. Together the members account for more than 25 percent of the world’s agricultural exports. Consisting of both developed and developing economies, the Cairns Group advocates for the liberalization of agricultural trade. Its goals include the elimination of export subsidies, tariff controls, and clearer rules surrounding subsidy commitments.

www.wcoomd.org/en/topics/nomenclature/instrument-and-tools/hs_convention.aspx

The Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System is an international product nomenclature developed by the World Customs Organization. It is made up of about 5,000 commodity groups identified by a six-digit code. A product’s code determines the applicable duty rate, and indicates what licenses or permits are required. The HS contributes to the harmonization of customs and trade procedures, and reduces costs associated with international trade. The HS, in use in more than 200 countries, is also used to classify goods for other purposes, such as internal taxes, trade policies, monitoring of controlled goods, rules of origin, freight tariffs, transport statistics, price monitoring, quota controls, compilation of national accounts, and economic research and analysis.

www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=1418&lang=1

The Generalized System of Preferences is a system of exemptions that requires all WTO members to treat imports from all other member states equally and provides free rates of duty on imports from developing countries.

www.g77.org

Established by seventy-seven developing countries in 1964, the Group of 77 has grown to include 134 countries and is the largest intergovernmental organization of developing countries in the United Nations. It provides its member nations with a means to articulate their shared interests and positions on economic development and monetary policy at the UN, and to promote their collective interests in global discussions and negotiations.

www.ilo.org

The International Labour Organization, the UN’s first specialized agency, brings together government representatives, employers, and workers to promote workers' rights. It also encourages employment opportunities, enhances social protection, and strengthens dialogue in handling labor-related issues.

www.imf.org

The International Monetary Fund aims to promote global monetary and exchange stability, facilitate the expansion and balanced growth of international trade, and assist in the establishment of a multilateral system of payments for current transactions.

www.wcoomd.org/en/topics/facilitation/instrument-and-tools/c onventions/pf_revised_kyoto_conv.aspx

The Revised Kyoto Convention on Customs Procedures was adopted by the World Customs Organization to provide customs administrations with simple and uniform administration principles and procedures. It is aimed at bringing transparency, predictability, and efficiency to international commerce.

www.unctad.org

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development is the UN body responsible for dealing with development issues, particularly international trade. It promotes the integration of developing nations into the world economy through research and policy analysis, technical assistance, and the facilitation of intergovernmental deliberations. Every two years, UNCTAD organizes the World Investment Forum, which brings together major players from the international investment community to discuss challenges and opportunities and to promote investment policies and partnerships for sustainable development and equitable growth.

www.unescap.org

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is the regional development arm of the United Nations for the Asia-Pacific region. It aims to promote inclusive and sustainable economic and social development in the region by focusing on such areas as trade and investment, transportation, social development, environment, and disaster risk reduction.

www.un.org

The United Nations is a world intergovernmental organization aimed at fostering global peace and security, economic development, social progress, and human rights. Its four main purposes are: to keep peace throughout the world; to develop friendly relations among nations; to help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other’s rights and freedoms; and to be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations to achieve these goals.

Members
Afghanistan	Dominican Republic	Luxembourg	São Tomé and Príncipe
Albania	Ecuador	Macedonia	Saudi Arabia
Algeria	Egypt	Madagascar	Senegal
Andorra	El Salvador	Malawi	Serbia
Angola	Equatorial Guinea	Malaysia	Seychelles
Antigua and Barbuda	Eritrea	Maldives	Sierra Leone
Argentina	Estonia	Mali	Singapore
Armenia	Ethiopia	Malta	Slovakia
Australia	Fiji	Marshall Islands	Slovenia
Austria	Finland	Mauritania	Solomon Islands
Azerbaijan	France	Mauritius	Somalia
Bahamas	Gabon	Mexico	South Africa
Bahrain	Gambia	Micronesia	South Korea
Bangladesh	Georgia	Moldova	South ‎Sudan
Barbados	Germany	Monaco	Spain
Belarus	Ghana	Mongolia	Sri Lanka
Belgium	Greece	Montenegro	Sudan
Belize	Grenada	Morocco	Suriname
Benin	Guatemala	Mozambique	Swaziland
Bhutan	Guinea	Myanmar	Sweden
Bolivia	Guinea-Bissau	Namibia	Switzerland
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Guyana	Nauru	Syrian Arab Republic
Botswana	Haiti	Nepal	Tajikistan
Brazil	Honduras	Netherlands	Tanzania
Brunei	Hungary	New Zealand	Thailand
Bulgaria	Iceland	Nicaragua	Timor-Leste
Burkina Faso	India	Niger	Togo
Burundi	Indonesia	Nigeria	Tonga
Cambodia	Iran	North Korea	Trinidad and Tobago
Cameroon	Iraq	Norway	Tunisia
Canada	Ireland	Oman	Turkey
Cape Verde	Israel	Pakistan	Turkmenistan
Central African Republic	Italy	Palau	Tuvalu
Chad	Jamaica	Panama	Uganda
Chile	Japan	Papua New Guinea	UK
China	Jordan	Paraguay	Ukraine
Colombia	Kazakhstan	Peru	United Arab Emirates
Comoros	Kenya	Philippines	Uruguay
Congo	Kiribati	Poland	US
Costa Rica	Kuwait	Portugal	Uzbekistan
Côte d'Ivoire	Kyrgyzstan	Qatar	Vanuatu
Croatia	Laos	Romania	Venezuela
Cuba	Latvia	Russia	Vietnam
Cyprus	Lebanon	Rwanda	Yemen
Czech Republic	Lesotho	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Zambia
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