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TradeTech: the trillion dollar promise that could unlock smoother global trade
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23 minutes
Released:
Feb 20, 2024
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Technology is revolutionizing global commerce and investment, and digitalizing the trade ecosystem holds the potential to increase trade by nearly $9 trillion by 2026 within the G7 alone. On the eve of the World Trade Organisation's 13th Ministerial Conference, MC13 (26-29 February, 2024) in Abu Dhabi, we speak to the event's host, UAE Minister of State for Trade Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi about MC13 and the TradeTech initiative that the UAE is pursuing with the World Economic Forum. We also hear from WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her hopes for MC13, and from Vincent Clerc, Chief Executive Officer, A.P. Møller-Maersk, with his views on trade tech. Read more about the TradeTech initiative: https://www.tradetechglobal.org/home and the TradeTech Forum, 27 February, 2024: https://www.tradetechglobal.org/tradetechforum24 Read Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi's Agenda blog: TradeTech could be the future of international trade – here’s why The WTO's 13th Ministerial Conference, 26-29 February, 2024: MC13 Watch this session from Davos 2024: TradeTech's Trillion-Dollar Promise Watch Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi at this Davos Press Conference: Transformation of Global Trade Catch up on all the action from Davos at wef.ch/wef24 and across social media using the hashtag #WEF24. Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552 World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast - subscribe: https://pod.link/1599305768 Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub
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Feb 20, 2024
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