At a meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on 15 August, WTO members agreed to a request from China for a dispute panel to review a US safeguard measure on imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic products. Members also agreed to establish panels requested by Brazil, Australia and (...)
To mark International Youth Day 2019 the Decent Jobs for Youth Alliance, coordinated by the ILO, launched an online knowledge facility to help create positive change for young people who are seeking decent work.
The theme of this year’s International Youth Day was ‘Transforming Education’. Listen to the aspirations of these young students about the Future of Work.
A Korean request for authorization to retaliate against the United States in a dispute over US anti-dumping measures has been referred to WTO arbitration. The matter was discussed at a 9 August meeting of the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (...)
To mark International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Actor, activist and singer Q’orianka Kilcher highlights the importance of the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, which addresses the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples (...)
Acclaimed actor Yalitza Aparicio, of the Oscar-winning film Roma, on International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples says that hate and discrimination has no place in the world. The rights of indigenous people must be (...)
A new declaration for the future of work was adopted at the 108th session of the International Labour Conference. It reinvigorates the ILO’s mandate for social justice and will guide the work of the ILO as it begins its second (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 15 August 2019, 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 (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 9 August 2019, 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 (...)
Australia is donating over AUD 1 million (approximately CHF 705,000) to help developing and least-developed countries (LDCs) engage more actively in global agricultural trade and participate in fisheries subsidies negotiations taking place in (...)