The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 23 May 2016, 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 (...)
The government of Estonia has contributed EUR 20,000 (CHF 22,000) to the WTO’s Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) in 2016 to help developing countries and least-developed countries (LDCs) improve their participation in global trade negotiations. This includes through organizing (...)
Domestic support remains a clear priority in the reforms of agriculture trade, and subsidies for cotton are similarly a specific objective for reform, WTO members heard at an informal meeting on agriculture negotiations convened by the Chair of these negotiations, New Zealand Ambassador (...)
On 13 May 2016, Mexico notified the WTO that it is requesting consultations with the United States over the United States’ alleged non-compliance with the recommendations and rulings of the Dispute Settlement Body in the dispute over importation, marketing and sale of tuna and tuna products (...)
On 13 May 2016, China notified the WTO that it is requesting consultations with the United States over the United States’ alleged non-compliance with the recommendations and rulings of the Dispute Settlement Body in the dispute over countervailing duties on certain products from China (DS437). (...)
At a meeting of the WTO General Council today (12 May), Director-General Roberto Azevêdo called on members to step up their interactions in order to advance WTO negotiations. He repeated his call for members to move from reflection to action and placed on the formal record of the General Council (...)
The second review of the trade policies and practices of Albania takes place on 11 and 13 May 2016. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Albania.
Montenegro and Albania have become the latest WTO members to ratify the new Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). Montenegro’s WTO ambassador Zorica Marić-Djordjević and Albania’s WTO ambassador Filloreta Kodra both deposited their country’s TFA instruments of acceptance with the WTO Secretariat on 10 (...)
On 10 May 2016, the United States requested consultations with China over China’s alleged non-compliance with the recommendations and rulings of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) in the dispute over anti-dumping and countervailing duties on broiler products from the United States (DS427). The (...)