At a plenary meeting on 4 May following two days of consultations, WTO members participating in the negotiations on investment facilitation for development (IFD) commended the substantive progress made in the Draft Agreement since the start of this year. The co-coordinators of the talks, (...)
At meetings open to all WTO members on 3-4 May, the chair of the agriculture negotiations — Alparslan Acarsoy of Türkiye — urged participants to accelerate their efforts to find common ground ahead of the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13), which is due to take place in Abu Dhabi in February 2024. (...)
Since its launch in 2019, the SDG3 GAP has improved coordination in key areas such as sustainable financing and primary health care to reach the Global Goals.
Meeting on 3 May, the WTO’s Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices reviewed the latest notifications from members of new, amended or previously reviewed anti-dumping laws and regulations as well as reports on anti-dumping actions.
The WTO has opened online registration for this year’s Public Forum — titled “It is Time for Action” — to be held at the WTO’s headquarters in Geneva from 12 to 15 September. It has also launched a call for proposals for the event.
The fourth review of the trade policies and practices of the OECS-WTO Members (Antigua and Barbuda; Dominica; Grenada; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) takes place on 3 and 5 May 2023. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report (...)
Addressing participants of the public-private dialogue organized by “Sustainability Rounds” and sponsored by the Gambia and France on 2 May, Deputy Director-General Jean-Marie Paugam emphasized that without international cooperation, the policies that countries introduce to tackle plastic (...)
Canada deposited its instrument of acceptance for the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on 2 May, making it the fifth WTO member, and the second large fishing member, to do so. Ambassador Nadia Theodore presented the contribution to WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in Geneva, (...)
The WTO should work towards creating a more inclusive trading system that ensures all members of society can benefit from the opportunities that trade provides, H.E. Dr Mokgweetsi E.K. Masisi, President of Botswana, said on 2 May at an event held at the WTO as part of the Presidential Lecture (...)