Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, in a lecture at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia on 24 March, noted that bilateral and regional trade agreements have been “growing rapidly” but stressed that “there are many big issues which can only be tackled in an efficient manner in the (...)
WTO members reported on 24 March on efforts now underway to formally accept the new Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), with many affirming their hope of seeing the agreement enter into force by the WTO’s 10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi next (...)
The fourth review of the trade policies and practices of Pakistan takes place on 24 and 26 March 2015. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Pakistan.
Amina Mohammed, UN Special Advisor on Post-2015 Development Planning and Faruk Celik, Minister of Work and Social Security of Turkey addressed a High-Level Segment of the ILO Governing Body, discussing the emerging post-2015 development agenda and the priorities of the G20 Employment and Labour (...)
UN Secretary-General's Special Advisor on Post-2015 Development Planning Amina Mohammed discusses the emerging post-2015 development agenda and the prominent role the Decent Work Agenda is taking on. She stressed the importance of individual members of the UN family being "fit for (...)
Two papers from members on possible new approaches to tariff reductions, a series of consultations in smaller groups on market access and domestic support, and an agriculture negotiations meeting of the full membership on 20 March 2015 have deepened the discussions on these (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, in closing the Enhanced Integrated Framework’s (EIF) ‘Global Platform’ meeting at the WTO on 19 March 2015, said that “we can take pride in the fact that the EIF is becoming more flexible, more efficient, more effective and more adaptable, to the specific needs of (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo called a meeting of all members today (18 March) to share information and review progress on negotiations to agree a work programme on the remaining issues of the Doha Development Agenda.
Five agencies and their partners operating a programme to help developing countries meet international standards on food safety and animal and plant health have approved plans for 2015–2019 designed to further strengthen safe (...)
WTO members engaged in a discussion on IT security regulations in relation to banking and smartcard chips at the first Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee meeting of 2015 on 18-19 March.