The International Trade Center (ITC), the joint agency of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and United Nations, has been working in developing and least-developed countries since 1968 to enable small businesses to carve their way into trade and export markets.

ITC executive director Arancha González sat down with The Jakarta Post’s Tassia Sipahutar on the sidelines of the ninth WTO Ministerial Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, to discuss the integration of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) into global value chains and the role of Asian SMEs.