Cross-border paperless deal to boost China s trade facilitation: ministry Xinhua | Updated: 2021-02-22 13:55 Share CLOSE Aerial photo taken on Feb 19, 2021 shows containers being loaded on a cargo ship at the automatic dock of the Qingdao port in Qingdao, East China s Shandong province. [Photo/Xinhua]
BEIJING The Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific, which entered into force Sunday, will further enhance China s trade facilitation, the Ministry of Commerce said.
The agreement will give full play to China s advantage as an ultra-large market and provide broader market opportunities for Asia-Pacific members, said an official with the ministry s department of international trade and economic affairs.
The under-secretary-general of the United Nations and executive secretary of Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap), Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, explains why the implementation of cross-border paperless trade remains low.
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Road freight in ASEAN: New COVID-19 Response and Recovery Guidelines
The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States will have new tools to help them address issues related to road freight transport caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the initiatives under the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework. ASEAN has approved guidelines to support the response and recovery of road freight transport among its Member States in the context of the pandemic.
The guidelines will support Member States to develop national and regional plans that focus on resilient and sustainable road freight connectivity. They will provide recommendations for responses to the pandemic crisis in the three priority areas, namely: (i) transport workers’ safety and training; (ii) preserving connectivity for efficient and resilient supply chains; and (iii) building back better through digital, resilient and decarbonized transport connectivity in immediate, medium and long-term fra