WTO intellectual property negotiators said they were committed to meet the July 2015 deadline for laying down plans on how to complete the Doha Round talks — in their case on how to set up a geographical indications register for wines and spirits. But speakers on both sides of the debate said in (...)
On 12 December 2014, Turkey notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it initiated on 12 December 2014 a safeguard investigation on wallpaper and similar wallcoverings.
Migrants’ remittances are expected to reach US$ 436 billion in 2014 and US$ 540 billion by 2016. Financial education can not only provide useful support to migrants’ families back home but also help migrants in destination countries manage their own (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 19 December 2014, 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 (...)
WTO members adopted Seychelles’ WTO terms of entry at the General Council meeting on 10 December 2014. Seychelles will have until 1 June 2015 to ratify the deal to formally become a WTO member 30 days after it notifies the ratification to the WTO (...)
The government of Japan has contributed USD 76,742 (CHF 74,034) to the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) for 2014. The objective is to help developing countries and least-developed countries establish and implement sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS) for health protection (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo , in introducing his annual report on WTO accessions to the General Council on 10 December, said that through accessions, the WTO has expanded its world trade coverage from just under 91% in 1995 to about 98% in 2013. “Evidence shows that the results from the WTO (...)