We conduct tailor-made courses, programs, and workshops for government officials and multilateral organizations on all disciplines of trade policy.

Our team can support policymakers, regulators, and representatives from international organizations on how to design MSME-enabling trade policies, harness trade for socioeconomic development, negotiate free trade agreements, and adopt next-generation market access commitments including those related to the digital economy in their overall trade policy strategy and trade agreements, among others.

We assist stakeholders in formulating and managing trade-related policies. Our team specializes in providing policy guidance and close support to regulatory agencies and development planners in designing and implementing trade strategies and development cooperation programs. We also specialize in independent program assessments to identify lessons learned, draw meaningful conclusions, and provide grounded recommendations. Our end-to-end coverage from design to delivery to evaluation aims to improve coordination and implementation of trade facilitation reforms, enhance market access and competitiveness, deepen value chain integration, and adopt international standards and best practices for improved trade governance.

ATC undertook the most comprehensive mapping study of the e-commerce regulatory landscape across Southeast Asia, to date, and developed a work plan on a common and harmonized approach to implementing the ASEAN E-commerce Agreement. The work plan was officially endorsed by the ASEAN economic ministers last September 2021 as a reference point to facilitate the commitments made by member-states in enabling the growth of the region’s digital economy.

ATC carried out multiple impact assessments on the implementation of different flagship projects related to sanitary and phytosanitary measures, intellectual property, qualifications framework, investment, and competition policy under the AANZFTA Economic Cooperation Support Programme, a multi-year economic cooperation facility of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA).

The Commonwealth Secretariat commissioned the ATC to perform a diagnostic assessment of domestic and international barriers for the integration of Brunei Darussalam’s logistics and financial service sectors into global value chains. Our consultants developed a framework and roadmap for Bruneian businesses and authorities on how to overcome these challenges and take advantage of opportunities.

The Office of the United States Trade Representative commissioned the ATC to develop a training plan that will improve the understanding of the negative-list approach in service negotiations by members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Our consultants produced a study and conducted outreach activities on how the approach in service liberalization has mitigated classification and definitional issues in environmental and computer-related services.

ATC contributed to the development of a diagnostic trade integration strategy by the United Nations Development Programme designed to aid Bhutan’s economic recovery. Our consultants analyzed the challenges faced by Bhutan’s cottage and small industries in financing and facilitated dialogues with industry representatives to develop recommendations on how to improve the sector’s overall competitiveness through targeted policy interventions.

The government of Oman sought the services of ATC to support the construction of the country’s freight strategy. Our team provided strategic input into key business imperatives across the various operating countries and on the evolution of third- and fourth-party logistics development activities across the operating countries both in Oman and into the international markets.