The WTO has published its 2017 Annual Report covering the organization’s activities in 2016 and early 2017. The Report opens with a message from Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, who looks back on a year marked by the entry into force of the Trade Facilitation Agreement and an important amendment (...)
On 31 May, the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) discussed the key findings of a workshop on the Aid for Trade Monitoring and Evaluation Exercise. The workshop had also discussed the upcoming publication “Aid for Trade at a Glance 2017” that will be launched at the Global Review on 11-13 (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, on 29 May, opened the week-long “Geneva Week” for WTO members and observers who do not have permanent missions in Geneva. He briefed participants on recent WTO developments, including the entry into force of the Trade Facilitation Agreement and the TRIPS Agreement (...)
On 25 May 2017, the United States notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it initiated on 17 May 2017 a safeguard investigation on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells.
Australia has become the first WTO member with export subsidies entitlements to eliminate them from its WTO schedule of commitments, in line with the landmark 2015 commitment by WTO members to eliminate farm export subsidies.
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo praised Japan’s leadership in the multilateral trading system during his visit to Tokyo on 22 May, where he discussed the WTO’s future work with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, high-level government officials and private sector (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 22 May 2017, 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 officially (...)