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Impact of COVID-19 and LDC Graduation Webinar for the WTO LDC Group

Tuesday, 08 §Õ§Ö§Ü§Ñ§Ò§â§ñ 2020 - 9:00§å§ä§â§Ñ

The WTO LDC Group held a webinar on 8 December 2020 to discuss the trade and health impacts of COVID-19 on the LDCs that are on the path of graduation. Close to 100 representatives from Geneva-based delegations, high-level officials from LDC capitals, and representatives from relevant international agencies namely Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµOHRLLS, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ DESA and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee for Development Policy and Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) participated in the event. The webinar formed part of the ongoing EIF-WTO project on LDC Graduation aimed at supporting LDCs to better understand trade-related implications of graduation from LDC status. WTO invited the Secretary of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ CDP to provide the participants with a briefing on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ CDPs upcoming triennial review of the LDC category scheduled for 22-26 February 2021.

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Health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on graduating LDCs

Trade impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on graduating LDCs