Market access (trade)

Trade and the multilateral trade system have contributed to the significant development achievements of the last fifteen years and will constitute critical components of a revitalized partnership in the context of a more ambitious, comprehensive and universal agenda for sustainable development post-2015. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has committed to intensifying efforts to conclude the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) by end-2015, which would close an important gap in the global partnership. Further strengthening of an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory multilateral trading system, such as that envisaged by the DDA, is imperative for safeguarding the economic gains made by developing countries in the past and for creating new opportunities in the future.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Partnerships for the Goals