Australia has formally launched its bid to join the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), underlining its commitment to work towards timely accession to the pact. The announcement was made at a 3 June meeting of the Committee on Government Procurement where progress was also reported on (...)
At the WTO Services Council meeting on 3 June 2015, members welcomed a notification by Australia on how it intends to support the growth of services trade in least-developed countries (LDCs) by providing their services exports with preferential (...)
ILO-led Green Jobs Programme in Zambia is expected to create 5,000 new green jobs by 2017 thanks to a partnership between the government and the construction sector.
Deputy Director-General David Shark, in opening the Third China Round Table on WTO Accessions in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on 2 June, told participants that “with your support, the WTO is on the threshold of concluding three more accessions this year – Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and (...)
Twenty-six participants from around the world are attending a two-month Advanced Trade Policy Course (ATPC) from 1 June until 23 July 2015 at the WTO headquarters in Geneva.
The sixth review of the trade policies and practices of India takes place on 2 and 4 June 2015. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of India.
At a session open to all WTO members on 1 June, the Chairman of the Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA) Negotiating Group, Ambassador Remigi Winzap of Switzerland, informed members that the situation regarding the establishment of a post-Bali work programme by the end of July had not changed (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo provided WTO members with a detailed update on the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility at a meeting with Ambassadors on 1 June. He also welcomed recent announcements of new funding from the United Kingdom and Norway, in addition to that which has already (...)