French-speaking government officials are invited to participate in an in-person training course on trade and gender at the WTO from 17 to 20 July 2023. The course is intended to help participants develop trade policies aimed at promoting gender equality and taking account of gender issues. The (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 30 May 2023, of the Dispute Settlement Body, which consists of all WTO members and oversees legal disputes among them. The meeting notice is circulated in the form of a document officially (...)
At the request of Indonesia, WTO members agreed at a meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body on 30 May to establish a dispute panel to review anti-dumping measures imposed by the European Union on imports of stainless steel cold-rolled flat products from Indonesia. Members also received an (...)
The recently published 2022 report on WTO technical assistance outlines how the WTO Secretariat has responded to the training needs of WTO members and observer governments since the ending of COVID-19 restrictions. In the foreword to the report, Deputy Director-General Xiangchen Zhang says: “The (...)
Participants in the negotiations on e-commerce discussed key issues such as data flow, data localisation and development at their 22-25 May meetings. The co-convenors (Australia, Japan and Singapore) urged members to step up the work of the small groups between now and the summer break in order (...)
The Dialogue on Plastics Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade made substantial progress at a meeting on 25 May, introducing the coordinators’ draft vision on the way forward and elements for a potential outcome at the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) to be held in February (...)
India notified its decision to appeal the panel report in the case brought by Japan in “India — Tariff Treatment on Certain Goods” (DS584). The panel report was circulated to WTO members on 17 April. The appeal was circulated to WTO members on 25 (...)
At the WTO regional workshop on fisheries subsidies held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 23-25 May, Deputy Director-General Angela Ellard underlined the importance of the new WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement for Asia. She urged governments in the region to secure acceptance of the Agreement as (...)
A total of 25 government officials from 15 WTO members are attending the WTO’s Regional Trade Policy Course for Latin American countries taking place from 15 May to 7 July in Mexico City. Co-organized by the WTO and El Colegio de México, the course seeks to expand participants’ understanding of (...)