SUMMARY
Abstract: This Newsletter highlights the latest development in the area of trade facilitation and multimodal transport. It includes a view on the situation surrounding the establishment and implication of various new rules, regulation, agreements and legislation that govern a number of national and regional multimodal transport procedures. It also summarizes a number of trade facilitation milestones within UN/ECE and the WTO and describes briefly a large trade facilitation project UNDTAD is executing in Nepal. Finally, it includes an overview on UNCTAD's cooperation with the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) and recent updates on the container industry. [English only]
