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Meeting commenter urges governments to adopt TIER and U.N. instruments to ease trade for landlocked countries

6407706 · October 23, 2025
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A meeting transcript records a speaker urging governments to adopt the TIER transit system and use United Nations instruments to help landlocked countries, citing Uzbekistan and a low intra-African trade rate as evidence of potential gains.

In remarks recorded in the meeting transcript, a commenter urged governments to adopt TIER, a global transit system, and to use instruments from the United Nations to reduce the trade disadvantages of landlocked countries.

The commenter, identified in the transcript only as "Commenter," said TIER is a "global, harmonized system" and argued it has historical roots in post-World War II European efforts to rebuild trust through trade. "You need a global system. You need a global, harmonized system. And TIER is the only global transit system," the commenter said.

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