Discussions are taking place in a taskforce at the WTO on establishing a new multilateral support mechanism for LDCs. Liechtenstein is the sixth donor to the EIF Interim Facility, which was established to maintain momentum in supporting LDCs during the …
Estonia, a member country of the European Union, marks its 25th anniversary of joining the WTO on 13 November 2024.
El evento fue inaugurado por la Directora General Adjunta de la OMC, Johanna Hill, que subrayó la importancia de promover el conocimiento y la discusión crítica sobre temas fundamentales para el futuro del comercio mundial, especialmente en un contexto …
The Director-General will participate in the World Leaders Climate Action Summit on 12-13 November as well as several high-level events planned at the COP29 Trade and Investment House and other venues. Several publications will also be launched by the …
The two-day programme included practical training sessions that complemented the first phase — held in October 2023 — giving participants an overview of the WTO’s agricultural notification requirements. Market access and domestic support notifications were …
Director-General Okonjo-Iweala said: “I am delighted that Burkina Faso has formally accepted the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. As a landlocked, least-developed country, Burkina Faso's commitment underscores the vital role that all WTO members must …
The meeting is scheduled to start at 9.00 (Geneva time) on 19 November 2024 and may continue until 17.00. It will resume at 9.00 the following day, 20 November. Subject to prior registration as set out below, the meeting can be viewed remotely via …
Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honour to be here with you today. Thank you to Edwin for the invitation and for our ongoing partnership. The topic that you have chosen today, that of aligning CO2 measurement, represent one of the most important keys to the …
“We need to continue to be constructive and to keep in our sights that we are here to achieve outcomes,” DG Okonjo-Iweala told members, citing positive discussions on several issues under negotiation. On agriculture, the DG said she was grateful for the …
The Director-General recalled the strengthened partnership between the WTO and the FAO in the areas of food and agriculture. She highlighted the WTO's ongoing efforts to update trade rules, stressing that the multilateral trading system must be …
“We have been working steadily and making good progress, but I think we can all agree that we now need to further intensify our discussions at a more accelerated pace and focus specifically on finding convergence, in particular on appeal/review issues, to …
High-level event WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in her prepared opening remarks at the high-level event on 9 October, underlined the necessity to triple renewable energy production, and to double energy efficiency by 2030 in order to remain on …
The governments represented were Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belarus, Bhutan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Participants were given guidance on how to prepare initial goods offers, consolidate bilateral market access agreements and verify …
Participants were trained on the importance of transparency in the SPS Agreement, with particular attention to notifications of health and safety regulations. They also gained hands-on experience of the ePing SPS&TBT Platform designed to facilitate …
Improving SME participation in government procurement The Committee agreed on a compilation of best practices related to measures and policies that WTO members — including non-GPA parties — can use to support the participation of SMEs in government …
China claims the measures at issue — which include additional duties on EVs, import certificate requirement, and additional duties on other types of vehicles and investment certificate exemptions — appear to be inconsistent with various provisions of the …
The Global Trust Fund finances around 280 activities a year, mostly tailor-made training activities delivered at national and regional level, covering various trade-related areas including agriculture, services and trade facilitation. Close to 2,800 …
The October update of the WTO’s Global Trade Outlook and Statistics largely reaffirms the April forecast, pointing to a gradual recovery in merchandise trade despite widening regional conflicts and increasing policy uncertainty. However, at the regional …
The Director-General said she detected a “meeting of minds” on an initiative from the Chair of the agriculture negotiations, Ambassador Alparslan Acarsoy of Türkiye, outlining two options for advancing the negotiations. “I sense that there's a …
In the October 2024 update of “Global Trade Outlook and Statistics,” WTO economists note that global merchandise trade turned upwards in the first half of 2024 with a 2.3% year-on-year increase, which should be followed by further moderate expansion in the …
