DDG Wolff: Trade is a vitally important driver of opportunities for small businesses

Speaking at the Small Business Standards Conference in Brussels on 30 May 2018, Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff emphasised the role micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) have in driving growth and generating jobs. He highlighted the barriers that can prevent MSMEs from participating in international trade and the role of the Technical Barriers to Trade Committee and the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Committee in finding solutions to regulatory differences that impede trading opportunities, particularly for MSMEs. This is what he said:

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