After signing an agreement with the International Trade Center (ITC), Paraguay becomes one of the ten countries that have joined the WTO's Global Trade Help Desk platform, a pilot project that aims to bring together all relevant information to facilitate international trade, such as the requirements of each market, tariffs, customs requirements, rules of origin, export and import procedures, etc.

This is not the first time that Paraguay and ITC have cooperated. In the past, they have successfully established the National Trade Facilitation Committee, coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which will also be responsible for implementing the trade facilitation program.

The government's objective is to streamline financial decisions for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) by facilitating information and, therefore, trade itself. The program will be implemented over three years, and there is already talk of other future cooperation projects with ITC, such as the She Trades initiative (a network for the promotion of women entrepreneurs) and Ethical Fashion (textile production in vulnerable areas).

Source: Paraguayan Information Agency