Trends Transforming Trade

The Climate Smart Business Program equips leaders with essential skills to navigate climate challenges in today's global marketplace. 

At GTPA, we are committed to fostering gender equality and empowering women across the globe to thrive in the realms of trade, business, and leadership.

As we venture further into 2024, the landscape of international trade and supply chains is marked by unprecedented unpredictability. In this dynamic environment, success lies in fortifying businesses with resilience and adaptability.

The Global Trade Professionals Alliance (GTPA) has unveiled the innovative format of its 2025 Festival of Inclusive Trade. Set to redefine international trade events, the festival promises a blend of hybrid experiences, inclusive participation, and tailored content, making it the premier destination event for trade professionals worldwide.

Set for mid-2024 and 2025, the Festival of Inclusive Trade, an initiative of the Global Trade Professionals Alliance (GTPA), seeks to transform the trade landscape, employing a hybrid model that blends physical and virtual elements. This approach aims to cultivate stronger connections, collaborations, and opportunities, ensuring a comprehensive and inclusive experience for all participants. The festival will take participants on a transformative journey: online from July to December 2024, and through a range of immersive events in Australia in March 2025.

The Global Trade Professionals Alliance (GTPA) is thrilled to announce the plans for our upcoming Festival of Inclusive Trade, following the unprecedented success of our virtual events.

Set for mid-2024 and 2025, the festival seeks to transform the trade landscape, employing a hybrid model that blends physical and virtual elements. This approach aims to cultivate stronger connections, collaborations, and opportunities, ensuring a comprehensive and inclusive experience for all participants. The festival will take participants on a transformative journey: online from July to December 2024, and through a range of immersive events in March 2025.

EMTC and GTPA are thrilled to unveil a groundbreaking collaboration that positions EMTC as the inaugural Approved Certification Body for GTPA's prestigious Global Trade Professional (GTP) Programme. This partnership solidifies our commitment to elevating standards in international trade (ISO/IEC 17024) and empowers individuals worldwide with unparalleled certification in the field.

This volume’s collection of articles traverses a wide terrain. Doses of pessimism and optimism — perhaps not in equal measure — abound. Broadly, contributions can be divided into those covering cross-cutting drivers of change; “architectural” arrangements, or trade agreements; and Australia’s positioning in a changing global and regional order.

Eligible businesses can apply for free support to export Creative Technologies including Digital Games to the USA. Applications open on Wednesday 18 October and close on Sunday 19 November.

The GTPA is thrilled to announce the return of the Festival of Inclusive Trade!

Initiated in 2020 by the GTPA, The Festival of Inclusive Trade is an innovative convergence of global trade and the arts sector (which represents a significant 7% of the world's GDP). The Festival underscores the symbiotic relationship between sustainability, innovation and creativity, and focuses on the importance of inclusivity.  And it’s this symbiosis that makes the Festival of Inclusive Trade so special! 

GTPA says Yes to Constitutional Recognition and a Voice! Ensuring First Nations wisdom, is not only part of our history but can secure a better future for all Australians.

During these dark times, we wanted to spread some positivity. GTPA recently completed the delivery of a series of training workshops in Solomon Islands. Implemented by Nathan Associates, the US-SEGA Program’s goal is to improve the policy environment for sustainable economic growth and prosperity, regional economic cooperation, sound management of institutions and good governance throughout Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Indo-Pacific region, while also expanding markets for U.S. goods and services. 

Is the high point in multilateral trade relations already 30 years in the past? Are notions of international cooperation and mutual benefit relics of an earlier time? Hopefully not, there is still much more to play for. Amidst the visible geopolitical tensions, and what often looks like a blurring of trade, economic, climate, and security interests, there are some encouraging signs recently.

In partnership with the City of Sydney, the Global Trade Professionals Alliance (GTPA) presents a Transformative Event! 

In Partnership with the City of Sydney, the Global Trade Professionals Alliance (GTPA) Presents an Informative Session!

In Partnership with the City of Sydney, the Global Trade Professionals Alliance (GTPA) Presents a Game-Changing Session!

In Partnership with the City of Sydney, the Global Trade Professionals Alliance (GTPA) Presents a Transformative Event!

In Partnership with the City of Sydney, the Global Trade Professionals Alliance (GTPA) Presents an Exclusive Learning Session!

Export Capability Building - Opening Doors to New Markets: A Roadmap to Exporting Success - an introductory workshop - Nowra

This NSW Export Capability Building workshop is aimed at businesses seeking to initiate export activities, or export-ready businesses looking to consolidate their knowledge and maximise long-term export gains.

The Global Trade Professionals Alliance, on behalf of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is delighted to invite you to meet a visiting Solomon Islands business delegation.

The future of work is changing. Existing jobs are being modified and new ones are emerging at the frontiers of our economies, jobs that require knowledge and skills in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).  At the same time, girls, in particular, are missing out on the skills they will need throughout their lives and to become more effective citizens and changemakers. Quality STEM education can cultivate vital skills for the world in which we find ourselves, like thinking laterally, problem solving and innovating.

Gender equality in STEM will, by definition, lead to progress.

The GTPA and the British Consulate-General in Australia, as part of the recent signing of the UK-AU Free Trade agreement, are pleased to invite you to our upcoming event, "Technology – Agent for Change or Division”.

The world continues to be a place of uncertainty and exponential change. Artificial Intelligence is infused into our technology devices and throughout our daily lives.  Big technology companies promise us wonderous digital experiences and metaverses, but are we ready for this new world of technology, and will it be of benefit to the many, or the few?

Take our survey and receive an action-focused toolkit to diversify your supply chains!

At a time when supply chain disruptions can have a major impact on businesses, it is crucial to understand the challenges and opportunities for creating well-designed supply chain strategies. The COVID-19 pandemic has only emphasized the importance of having a resilient supply chain.

The GTPA and the British Consulate-General in Australia, as part of the recent signing of the UK-AU Free Trade agreement, are thrilled to invite you to our upcoming event, "Progress through Gender Equality in STEM". This event is aimed at bringing together Australian and UK businesses to discuss the importance as well as the progress and challenges in promoting gender equality in STEM and, ESTEAM.

The GTPA and the British Consulate-General in Australia, as part of the recent signing of the UK-AU Free Trade agreement, we are thrilled to invite you to our upcoming event are excited to invite you to our upcoming event, "Engaging Youth in International Trade” . This event is aimed at bringing together Australian and UK businesses to discuss the opportunities for engaging the next generation in international trade and the potential impact of the UK and Australia Free Trade Agreement.

The GTPA and the British Consulate-General in Australia, as part of the recent signing of the UK-AU Free Trade agreement, are pleased to invite you to our upcoming event, "Technology – Agent for Change or Division”.

According to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2022, and projecting current trends into the future, the overall global gender gap will close in 132 years, on average, across the countries covered. Yes, 132 years! The report also states that gender parity can have a large impact on whether an economy or society will thrive.

Our NSW eCommerce business training series is your one stop shop for all your business needs. Our series is designed to help you understand the complexities of running a successful eCommerce business, from developing a business plan to driving sales and marketing. Our comprehensive training program is tailored to your individual business needs and will provide you with the skills and knowledge to set yourself up for success.

Free trade agreements offers more than prosperity and growth in the European Union - it is also an important instrument to reduce dependencies on autocratic regimes such as Russia and China. In these times of war and political insecurity, it is even more vital.

The EU delegation and the RMIT organised a dairy roundtable on 9 September 2022 in Melbourne. The meeting brought together Economic and Commercial Counsellors of EU Diplomatic Missions in Australia and a broad range of dairy stakeholders, notably Dairy Australia, the Australian Dairy Federation, the Australian Dairy Products Federation, Food and Fibre Gippsland and some dairy farmers, as well as academics working in this area.

The Institute for International Trade (IIT), through it's Centre of Excellence in International Trade & Global Affairs, invite you to join us for a presentation on the case for Reforming EU Rules of Origin Applied to Trade Agreements with Africa.  African countries’ post-colonial trading relations with Europe have been regulated by a succession of trading arrangements over time.

Of 1,122 CEOs surveyed by the UN Global Compact in 2021, 79% said the pandemic has highlighted the need to transition to more sustainable business models.

In a 2020 study by Accenture, for example, 73% of executives said that becoming a “truly sustainable and responsible business” was a top priority for their organization over the next three years. Fulfilling these ambitions requires significant organizational transformation, including reimagining business models, operating models and talent strategies.

This event will raise awareness of climate change issues and how they are affecting global trade patterns, highlight the relationships between trade and climate, introduce the architecture of the global climate change regime and associated trading system responses.

This second event will focus on emerging architectures shaping the global climate change response regime and highlight some key multilateral, regional, international, and national responses.

The third event will focus how Australia’s policy makers and business can best foster a climate friendly trade environment and practices and identify the key enabling factors needed to support the formulation and implementation of effective climate-friendly trade strategy. This session will incorporate an Australian hydrogen business case study.

Exploring Africa’s opportunities through trade, finance and innovation

GTR Africa 2022 will return to London on November 2 to provide the latest developments on a range of topics including trade and commodities, ECA and infrastructure finance, sustainable development, fintech innovations and more.

Background

After recently holding hearings on the EU’s Indo-Pacific trade strategy, the EU Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) is visiting Australia this week. The EU Parliament has equal decision-making status on trade issues with the Council and Commission, so the significance of the visit for EU-Australia trade relations should not be underestimated.

Australia and the European Union (EU) have come a long way in a very short timeframe since the Macron-Morrison ‘frisson’. This rapprochement is built on shared values, strengthened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, growing concerns over China’s bellicose international posture, and Australia’s embrace of sustainability policies under a new Labor government.

GTPA is a global organisation dedicated to the development of international solutions and standards to harmonise and facilitate inclusive and trusted trade for:

• Businesses all of shapes and sizes
• Governments including multilateral organisations
• Industry associations across multi-sectors
• Chambers of commerce
• Professionals across the global trade and supply chain industry
• Education providers from private to public providers