The importance of decent work in achieving the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals is highlighted by Goal 8 which aims to “promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo is in New York City on 25-26 September to underline how cooperation on trade can help achieve new global targets for securing sustainable development.
From 30 September to 2 October, the WTO’s 2015 Public Forum will take place at the WTO’s headquarters, providing a platform for discussions under the general theme “Trade Works”. The full programme listing speakers and topics for the 88 sessions is now available on the WTO (...)
The Committee on Regional Trade Agreements, on 25 September, concluded its oral consideration of four trade agreements covering goods and services and discussed the continued backlog in the Committee’s work due to delayed submissions from WTO (...)
WTO members reviewed the agricultural trade policies of some of the world’s major traders on 25 September 2015 at a meeting of the Committee on Agriculture – the WTO body that oversees agricultural trade issues. The topics discussed included China’s notification of domestic support measures, (...)
Chinese Taipei notified the WTO Secretariat on 24 September 2015 of a request for consultations with India regarding anti-dumping duties imposed by India on USB flash drives imported from Chinese Taipei
In a speech delivered at the Peterson Institute in Washington D.C. on 24 September 2015, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said that over the past 20 years, the WTO has firmly established itself as part of the architecture of global economic governance. Looking ahead, he said that the WTO “must (...)
Sandra Polaski, ILO Deputy Director-General for Policy, welcomes the recent meeting of G20 Labour and Employment Ministers in Turkey as a promising step to promote policies curbing inequalities, promoting growth and creating more and better (...)
The second review of the trade policies and practices of Angola takes place on 22 September and 24 September 2015. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Angola.
Members of the media who wish to attend the WTO’s Tenth Ministerial Conference to be held in Nairobi (Kenya) from 15 to 18 December 2015 can now apply for accreditation. The deadline for receiving applications is 1 December 2015.