Least-developed countries (LDCs) have faced significant challenges in effectively utilising S&DT flexibilities to integrate into the global trading system better. While S&DT is a cross-cutting issue, it is only one of the WTO's many challenges.
Trade agreements—whether multilateral ones through the WTO, plurilateral ones such as the CPTPP, or bilateral agreements between two nations—represent the foundational vehicle through which nations remove trade barriers and deepen trade linkages. This category includes a wide array of GTIPA-member reports examining trade agreements their nations have implemented.