SUMMARY
Summary: Trade Points, set up in 91 countries around the world, are business facilitation centres aimed at providing small- and medium-sized enterprises with better access to trade-related information, services and global electronic commerce networks while at the same time reducing transaction costs. In all these respects, the Trade Point Programme is in the mainstream of new trends in current trade practices. The programme is unique by virtue of its global coverage, encompassing developed and developing countries and economies in transition. It is unique by virtue of its development nature, with the strong assisting the weak. And it is unique because it represents not only a technical network, but also a community whose members work towards common objectives. [English only]
