Background Information The U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) has been tasked by the U.S. Department of State in coordination with the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to provide technical assistance to facilitate trade and economic connectivity in and among the countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan...

SOUTHERN CAUCASUS The Southern Caucasus is a critical component of the “Middle Corridor of the New Silk Road” trade route that connects China to Europe. The United States has recognized the strategic and economic import of this corridor and has played a critical role in its development through joint initiatives that increase regional connectivity. CLDP’s regional programs in the Southern Caucasus...

In April 2022, CLDP held four separate in-person roundtable meetings on sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan respectively. Roundtables were attended by officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Agency for Plant Protection and...

On April 19-22, CLDP, in partnership with the International Road Transport Union, hosted the Central Asia Regional Customs Working Group meetings gathering over 20 expert-level customs officials and the private sector representatives of transport operators from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic...

On March 14-15, 2022, CLDP hosted a virtual meeting of the Central Asia Regional Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Working Group gathering over 72 expert-level government officials and private sector women representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan...

On March 18, CLDP, in close partnership with the International Road Transport Union, supported the first digital TIR (the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets) transport of goods from Uzbekistan to the Kyrgyz Republic replying upon digital TIR...

On May 13, 2022, CLDP and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Georgia co-hosted the Eastern Europe & CIS International Arbitration Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia. The conference was attended by leading arbitration specialists from within and outside of Georgia, including the President of...

Tashkent, Uzbekistan | April 18 - 19, 2022 | Digital Trade

The U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Law and Development Program (CLDP) hosted digital trade meetings with government, private sector, and civil society as part of the U.S.-Central Asia Regional Digital Trade Working Group...