Missing notifications regarding members’ subsidies continued to be the major matter of concern at a meeting of the WTO’s Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures on 2 May. Both the Committee Chair, Sally Bardayán Rivera (Panama), and delegations highlighted the chronic low compliance (...)
Africa stands to gain greatly from strengthened ocean sustainability if the entry into force of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies and further outcomes from the second wave of negotiations can be secured by the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in February 2024, Deputy Director-General (...)
At an event titled “Making Trade Score for Women” held at the WTO on 1 May, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and FIFA President Gianni Infantino emphasized the role that football and international trade can play in empowering women. The event was opened by Ambassador Clare Kelly of New (...)
The Chair of the Working Party on the Accession of Azerbaijan, Ambassador Alparslan Acarsoy of Turkey, visited Baku on 27—28 April at the invitation of the Government of Azerbaijan. Accompanied by members of the WTO Secretariat, Ambassador Acarsoy held a series of high-level meetings to discuss (...)
Over 30 government officials responsible for transparency in product standards and the development of regulations in African countries completed the WTO’s first Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Transparency Champions Programme on 28 April in Nairobi, (...)
WTO members advanced work on the second wave of fisheries subsidies negotiations during the second of a series of “Fish Weeks” held on 25-28 April. The chair of the negotiations, Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson, said many members signalled readiness to start engaging in text-based negotiations as the (...)
The Republic of Korea and the United States announced at a meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on 28 April that they have reached a mutually agreed solution to terminate subsequent procedures in “United States — Safeguard measure on imports of large residential washers” (DS546). WTO (...)
In a statement to mark World Day for Safety and Health, the ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo, outlines the critical importance of safe and healthy working environments.