More Trade News in Brief – Week 9 (25 February – 3 March 2013)

 

* New ISO Standard for Electronic Signatures

 

The new ISO standard secures the electronic signatures when the documents they authenticate are transferred and processed through different information technology systems.

 

• ISO 14533-1:2012, Processes, data elements and documents in commerce, industry and administration – Long term signature profiles – Part 1: Long term signature profiles for CMS Advanced Electronic Signatures (CAdES)
• ISO 14533-2:2012, Processes, data elements and documents in commerce, industry and administration – Long term signature profiles – Part 2: Long term signature profiles for XML Advanced Electronic Signatures (XAdES)

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* GVCs and Development: Investment and Value Added Trade in the Global Economy

 

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) describes in a new report regarding the global value chains (GVC) and its importance in investment and trade.

 

Please follow the link.

 

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* Azerbaijan & Lesotho – New Members of the Global Forum on Tax Transparency

 

The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, multilateral framework carried out by both OECD and non-OECD economies, welcomes Azerbaijan and the Kingdom of Lesotho as new members.

 

Click here for more.

 

Read more on the work of the Global Forum here and here.

 

 

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More Trade News in Brief – Week 4 (21 – 27 January 2013)

 

* ILO – Global Employment Trends 2013

 

22 January 2013

 

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has issued a new report on global employment.

 

The Global Employment Trends 2013 is available here.

 

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* Romania – The 118th member of the Global Forum

 

23 January 2013

 

Romania has joined the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes developed by OECD.

 

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* ISO – Information Security and Service Management Standard

 

16 January 2013

 

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in collaboration with International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) published a new international standard regarding the information security and service management system.

 

Read more about the new ISO/IEC 27013:2012, Information technology – Security techniques – Guidance on the integrated implementation of ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 20000-1 here.