The Advanced Course on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) opened in Geneva on 7 October 2013. The course which is due to run until 25 October 2013 represents a ‘level 3’ training activity, the highest in the WTO’s progressive learning (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, in his speech at the APEC Ministerial Meeting in Bali on 4 October 2013, said: “We have less than 2 months to reach consensus on the Bali package. The engagement that Members are showing in Geneva is encouraging. However, I am calling for your help as well – this (...)
On the last day of the WTO Public Forum 2013 on 3 October, several panels and workshops discussed issues related to preparations for the Bali Ministerial Conference, including trade facilitation, agriculture and development.
The opening session on Day 2 of the Public Forum on 2 October 2013 discussed how innovation is helping small businesses trade across borders and access distant markets. Panellists discussed the challenge of protecting consumers’ rights, and highlighted how innovative ways of trading, such as (...)
اعضاي هيأت مديره كانون عالي انجمنهاي صنفي كارفرمايي ايران (كعاصكا) روز دوشنبه اول مهر ماه 1392 با جناب آقاي دكتر نوربخش مديرعامل محترم سازمان تأمين اجتماعي ديدار كردند و اصليترين و مبرمترين انتظارات كارفرمايان را از اين سازمان ارايه دادند. در اين نشست بر ضرورت توجه به رويكرد سهجانبهگرايي در مديريت اين سازمان تأكيد شد. در ادامه (...)
US Trade Representative Michael Froman, in his keynote address at the WTO Public Forum 2013 on 1 October, warned that “if Bali shows that the WTO is not a viable forum for negotiations, bilateral and plurilaterals will likely be the only avenue for trade negotiations”. He added that “small (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, on 1 October 2013, welcomed hundreds of participants to the three-day WTO Public Forum 2013 by calling the event a “reality check, as it provides us a great opportunity to learn from you how we might do things differently”. He said that this year “we will (...)
The panellists at the opening plenary session of the Public Forum on 1 October 2013 agreed that the world around us has changed and that innovation has changed the way we trade. Governments, parliaments and businesses need to respond to these (...)