The fourth review of the trade policies and practices of Nicaragua takes place on 27 and 29 January 2021. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Nicaragua.
Sergio was arrested and jailed in Madagascar when he was 16 for stealing vanilla. Thanks to vocational training he’s learned to be a bricklayer and no longer engages in petty crime. Read his story on our new Voices multimedia (...)
Global services trade in the third quarter of 2020 fell 24% compared to the same period in 2019, according to statistics released by the WTO on 26 January. This represents only a small uptick from the 30% year-on-year decline registered in the second quarter, in marked contrast to the much (...)
WTO members taking part in the negotiations for an agreement on investment facilitation for development have approved a roadmap with a view to reaching a substantive outcome by the next Ministerial Conference. At the first round of meetings of 2021 held on 25-26 January, delegations actively (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 25 January 2021, 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 (...)
At a meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on 25 January, WTO members considered two requests for the establishment of dispute panels: one from the European Union regarding measures in Indonesia restricting exports of raw materials used in the production of stainless steel, and a second (...)
Addressing agriculture ministers at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin on 22 January, Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff highlighted the resilience of agricultural production and trade in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. The pandemic has underlined the need for policymakers to (...)
On 22 January, at a meeting of the Negotiating Group on Rules, heads of WTO delegations said they were committed to keeping up the momentum in the fisheries subsidies negotiations and they welcomed the second revision of the draft consolidated document circulated on 18 December by the chair, (...)
Korea notified the Dispute Settlement Body on 22 January of its decision to appeal the panel report in the case brought by Japan in “Korea — Sunset Review of Anti-Dumping Duties on Stainless Steel Bars” (DS553). The panel report was circulated to WTO members on 30 (...)
Representatives from governments, worker and employer organizations, international agencies and civil society outlined how they intend to eradicate child labour by 2025, at a virtual event to launch the International Year for the Elimination of Child (...)