Disability-inclusive trade
Australia supports Aid for Trade initiatives in the Indo-Pacific region to promote inclusive economic growth. People with disabilities are often excluded from participating in trade activities, including decision-making processes for economic prosperity. Inclusive trade policies and programs are important for reducing barriers and fostering equal economic opportunities that contribute to poverty reduction efforts.
Resources in this section provide evidence, research, and guidance to achieve inclusion for people with disabilities in Aid for Trade initiatives.
WTO, Aid For Trade fact sheet
Aid for Trade is about helping developing countries, in particular the least developed, to build the trade capacity and infrastructure they need to benefit from trade opening.
IPEF (2022) Ministerial Text for Trade Pillar of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity
The Framework seeks to advance resilience, sustainability, inclusiveness, economic growth, fairness, and competitiveness for the 14 IPEF economies.
Jaramillo Ruiz, F. et al (2023) The inclusion of disability as a non-trade issue in preferential trade agreements
This study examines the inclusion of disability provisions in preferential trade agreements (PTAs).
Bahri, A. (2022) Making Trade Agreements Work for People with Disabilities: What’s been Achieved and What Remains Undone?
This study seeks to spark discussion and dialogue on how trade agreements can be made to work for and protect the interests of persons with disabilities
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (2023) Inclusive trade and persons with disabilities
This report contributes to a disability inclusive trade policy agenda by building an analytical framework that illustrates the multiple channels through which greater trade integration impacts persons with disabilities, and by developing a definition of disability inclusive trade that can be operationalized.
