Trade Forum

Trade Forum caught up with former ITC Executive Director, Jean Denis Bélisle, to reflect on his time at ITC, as well as gain his perspective on the current trade landscape. Now retired, Mr. Bélisle was the longest-serving head in ITC history,  from 1994-2006. 

Trade Forum talked with Ana Repezza of Brazil’s trade promotion organization, ApexBrasil, to understand its long-standing partnership with ITC, its ambitions to support small businesses with sustainable business practices, while including women, and what kind of growth she envisions for both...

Trade Forum caught up with former ITC Executive Director, Arancha González, to reflect on her time at ITC, as well as gain her perspective on the current trade landscape. Ms. González was the head of the organization from 2013-2020. 

Trade Forum talked with Patricia Fuller, President and CEO of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).  With IISD working on international trade for the past two decades, analysing it from multiple perspectives, this interview sheds light on trends in the...

Trade Forum caught up with former ITC Executive Director, Patricia R. Francis, to reflect on her time at ITC, as well as gain her perspective on the current trade landscape. Ms. Francis was the head of the organization from 2006-2013. 

Trade Forum talked with the President of the Network of Caribbean Chambers of Commerce CARICHAM, Petipha Lewis, how the not-for-profit organization succeeds in strengthening Chambers of Commerce and small businesses across the region, while advocating for greater collaboration and coordinated action...

How can you transform food systems sustainably and protect marine life at the same time?

Trade Forum had the opportunity to check in with Howard Politini, the Chairman of the Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation before the Global Business Network Forum for small island developing States, to discuss major obstacles that small businesses are facing and how a new roadmap could...

Trade Forum talked with Asian Development Bank Vice President Fatima Yasmin to learn more about the ways in which Development Banks in small island developing States (SIDS) can make a difference to the often-dire financing situation of these vulnerable economies and their small businesses.  ...

Evelyn Seltier of Trade Forum talked to Dinesh Prasad Parajuli, Chief Executive Officer of the Agro Enterprise Center in Nepal and the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce, about how the partnership with a banking institution has impacted the lives of small-scale farmers in his home country...

Vanuatu, a small island developing State in the Pacific, was ranked as the most vulnerable country globally to natural hazards in 2019. Sitting in the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” Vanuatu experiences frequent volcanic and seismic activity, facing existential threats due to rising sea level, ocean...

Zena Exotic Fruits SA is one of Senegal’s agri-food wonders. Created in 1986, the family production’s name pays tribute to the first granddaughter of founder Toufic Filfili, who migrated from Lebanon to Senegal and created a company that would turn local mangoes destined for waste, into jams...