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Published on December 1, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

Members prepare for 2026 TFA review and examine capacity building support

The TFA - aimed at expediting the movement, release and clearance of goods, including goods in transit - is the first WTO agreement in which developing and least-developed country (LDC) members determined their own implementation schedules in accordance …

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Published on November 25, 2025 - 01:36 GMT

Members adopt panel report in frozen fries case, EU appeals ruling in steel duties dispute

At the start of the DSB meeting, the Chair of the DSB, Ambassador Clare Kelly (New Zealand), announced that two items that had been placed on the DSB agenda were being removed: Adoption of the panel ruling in the request from Indonesia for the adoption of …

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Published on November 25, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

Co-coordinators of Plastics Dialogue introduce draft MC14 ministerial statement

The meeting was chaired by Australia, China and Ecuador -co-coordinators of the DPP (along with Barbados, Fiji and Morocco). The coordinators noted that the draft statement builds on previous ministerial statements of the DPP, reaffirms and highlights DPP …

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Published on November 24, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

Committee reviews farm policies, concludes TRQ Triennial Review, addresses food security

Agricultural policies review A total of 115 questions were raised by members concerning individual notifications and specific implementation matters during the meeting. This peer review process allows members to address issues related to the implementation …

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Published on November 23, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

WTO Chairs Programme activities launched in Qatar

The team at Hamad Bin Khalifa University is led by Dr Georgios Dimitropoulos, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, College of Law. Launched in 2010, the WTO Chairs Programme supports trade-related research, curriculum development and outreach …

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Published on November 21, 2025 - 13:21 GMT

WHO, WIPO, WTO symposium on antimicrobial resistance, innovation, and access

Objectives By leveraging the complementary expertise of the three organizations, the Symposium aims to advance practical solutions that can help preserve antimicrobial effectiveness for future generations. To do so, it will: 1. Examine the current …

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Published on November 21, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

Agriculture negotiations chair urges members to submit inputs for possible MC14 outcomes

The Chair said he plans to convene another meeting of the Committee in special session on 8 December, ahead of a scheduled mid-December General Council meeting during which members are expected to agree on the topics to present to ministers at MC14. While …

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Published on November 21, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

Members review WTO-wide discussions on technology transfer to developing economies

Chairs of the Council for Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), the Committee on Trade and Environment and the Committee on Agriculture briefed members on relevant discussions in their respective bodies. Members said the updates …

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Published on November 19, 2025 - 14:13 GMT

WTO Fish Fund approves USD 2.9m in first grants, gears up for next Call for Proposals

The WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies was adopted at the 12th Ministerial Conference in 2022 and entered into force on 15 September 2025, bringing the Fish Fund's grant and disbursement mandate into full effect. Opening the meeting, Deputy Director …

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Published on November 10, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

TRIPS Council explores technology transfer, pandemic preparedness, digital infrastructure

Discussions at the meeting saw a high level of engagement by delegations. Members highlighted how voluntary technology transfer to developing economies can boost innovation, productivity and development, drawing on sectoral case studies. They also focused …

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Published on November 10, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

Committee reviews customs value notifications, outlines efforts to enhance transparency

Notifications At a formal meeting on 10 November the WTO's Committee on Customs Valuation reviewed 63 notifications pertaining to the customs valuation legislation of 37 members, including the first notifications received from Guyana and Indonesia. …

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Published on November 5, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

Uzbekistan makes "steady progress" towards finalizing accession negotiations

The high-level delegation from Tashkent comprised 30 other senior government officials, including Azizbek Urunov, Representative of the President of Uzbekistan on the WTO and Chief Negotiator, Akhadbek Khaydarov, Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance, and …

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Published on November 5, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

Members exchange views on transparency and non-preferential rules of origin

LDC Group presentations and expectations The LDC Group presented an updated expectations paper consolidating requests to preference-granting members regarding preferential rules of origin. Members including Cambodia, Senegal, Zambia, The Gambia and Nepal …

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Published on November 4, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

WTO members discuss proposals to strengthen cooperation in carbon emission policies

China introduced its new proposal to strengthen discussions and cooperation on carbon- standards, noting that there was an increasing number of new requirements emerging that will have a bearing on both trade and climate change. China said the proposal, …

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Published on October 29, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

Members review anti-dumping notifications, actions at Committee meeting

The Committee reviewed new notifications of legislation submitted by Argentina, Iceland, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Türkiye, the United States and Viet Nam. It continued its review of the legislative notifications of the European Union, Liberia, Saint Kitts and …

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Published on October 27, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

WTO members review safeguard actions, discuss proposals to suspend concessions

Review of legislative notifications The Committee, chaired by Ms Milagros Miranda Rojas (Peru), reviewed members' notifications of new or amended national safeguard legislation or regulations from Nepal, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam. It continued its review …

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Published on October 24, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

WTO and IMF economists develop new indicator to measure global trade policy dynamics

Innovative research from WTO and IMF economists has produced an indicator that draws insights from a wide range of information on trade policy measures covering a large number of economies and products. Using a Dynamic Factor Model, the new WTO-IMF Trade …

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Published on October 23, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

WTO issues compliance ruling regarding Colombian duties on frozen fries

dispute settlement On 23 October, the WTO circulated the compliance panel report in the case brought by the European Union in Colombia - Anti-Dumping Duties on Frozen Fries from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands (DS591).

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Published on October 23, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

Acceding members source of hope for future of trading system – DDG Zhang

Entitled "High-Level Forum on the CAREC Region and the Multilateral Trading System: Deepening Integration in Central Asia and Beyond", the event was organized by the CAREC Program of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in partnership with the WTO …

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Published on October 20, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

China initiates dispute regarding Indian measures on batteries, auto parts and e-vehicles

China is of the view the measures are contingent on the use of domestic over imported inputs or are otherwise discriminatory against Chinese products and are inconsistent with various provisions under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, …

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