At the request of the parties in the dispute “United States – Countervailing Measures on Supercalendered Paper from Canada” (DS505), the panel has decided to open to the public its second substantive meeting on 13 and 14 June 2017. The live screening will take place at the WTO’s headquarters in (...)
On 11 May 2017, the WTO Appellate Body issued its report in the case “United States – Certain Methodologies and their Application To Anti-Dumping Proceedings Involving China” (DS471).
At a meeting of all WTO members held on 8 May 2017 to discuss the organization’s negotiating work, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo reported on a range of consultations that have taken place so far in 2017 and concluded that in the coming months preparations for the 11th Ministerial Conference in (...)
The WTO has issued a call for proposals for this year’s Public Forum, whose theme is “Trade: Behind the Headlines”. Participants interested in organizing sessions at the Forum on 26-28 September are invited to submit their proposals by 4 June (...)
African governments should take advantage of the ample assistance that is available from bilateral donors and international and regional organizations to implement the WTO’s new Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), Deputy Director-General Yonov Fred Agah said on 5 May. DDG Agah was speaking at a (...)
We must ensure that trade is an integral part of the solution to the myriad of problems that leaders are wrestling with today, said Director-General Roberto Azevêdo in an address to the B20 Summit in Berlin on 3 May 2017, and that it can do even more to create jobs and support growth and (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo met with apprentices and workers today (3 May) at a Rolls-Royce Deutschland facility in Dahlewitz, near Berlin, Germany, to hear what trade means for their jobs and how workers are training to keep abreast with cutting edge engineering technology. The (...)
The third review of the trade policies and practices of Mozambique takes place on 3 and 5 May 2017. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Mozambique.