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The report finds that achieving basic ASEAN-wide compliance with the WTO TFA may reduce trade costs of the group by only about 5-6% going forward. In contrast, a more ambitious strategy involving digital trade facilitation and cross-border paperless trade could reduce trade costs by close to 13%. This would involve accelerating implementation of the ASEAN Single Window (ASW) and leveraging ASW solutions and lessons learned to develop cross-border paperless trade with other partners. The Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-Border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific, a homegrown UN treaty that many ASEAN countries actively contributed to develop, provides the ideal platform for ASEAN to further develop its leadership in this area

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The report finds that achieving basic ASEAN-wide compliance with the WTO TFA may reduce trade costs of the group by only about 5-6% going forward. In contrast, a more ambitious strategy involving digital trade facilitation and cross-border paperless trade could reduce trade costs by close to 13%. This would involve accelerating implementation of the ASEAN Single Window (ASW) and leveraging ASW solutions and lessons learned to develop cross-border paperless trade with other partners. The Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-Border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific, a homegrown UN treaty that many ASEAN countries actively contributed to develop, provides the ideal platform for ASEAN to further develop its leadership in this area

For more reports please visit our resource page here or untfsurvey.org

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