The WTO dispute settlement system recently reached a milestone, with a woman selected to serve on a panel for the 100th time since the establishment of the WTO in 1995.
The WTO’s fifteenth trade monitoring report on G20 trade measures, issued on 21 June, shows the application of new trade-restrictive measures by G20 economies increased compared to the previous reporting period, reaching the highest monthly average registered since the WTO began its monitoring (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo attended a workshop today (21 June) on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), focused on enhancing their participation in international trade. The event was organized by the permanent missions of the Philippines, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, (...)
Madagascar has joined the growing majority of WTO members that have ratified the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). Mr Solofo Andrianjatovo Razafitrimo, Madagascar’s Minister-Counsellor and Chargé d’Affaires in Geneva, presented his country’s instrument of ratification to WTO Director-General (...)
Improving the capacity of traders to meet food safety and hygiene standards can help to boost exports and improve competitiveness, participants heard at a session on Sri Lanka’s cinnamon industry held at the WTO’s headquarters on 21 June. The session was organized by the Standards and Trade (...)
The fourth review of the trade policies and practices of Zambia takes place on 21 and 23 June 2016. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Zambia.
The WTO Secretariat, in close collaboration with the Secretariats of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), is convening a five-day workshop on Trade and Public Health in Geneva from 17 to 21 October 2016. Applications for this year’s (...)
Saint Kitts and Nevis has ratified the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), becoming the fifth Caribbean WTO member to do so. St. Kitts and Nevis deposited its instruments of acceptance with the WTO secretariat on 17 June.
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo visited Brazil this week to participate in the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) World Council, as well as in the ICC Brazil Business Day in São Paulo.This followed the ‘Trade Dialogues’ event with business representatives held in Geneva on 30 (...)
Most services negotiators supported a call from a number of WTO members to re-engage in developing new disciplines for domestic regulation in services at a meeting of the Working Party on Domestic Regulation on 16 June 2016. Some of the concerns raised by members at a meeting of the Trade in (...)