Discusses the importance of capacity building for developing countries' effective negotiation of multilateral and regional trade agreements; examines South-South trade and the ever-expanding number of regional integration groupings of developing countries with the perspective of facilitating networking among such initiatives to enhance their contribution to the trade and development of their members; and discusses key issues in South-South trade in the area of commodities.

19 p. : graphs, table

Includes bibliographical references.
Available also at UNCTAD Digital Library.
English only.