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Published on March 4, 2026 - 00:00 GMT

Heads of WTO, EIB sign landmark agreement to boost trade and investment

The MoU was signed by WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and EIB Group President Nadia Calviño on the sidelines of the EIB Group Forum, held from 3 to 5 March in Luxembourg. A central element of the agreement is the EIB-WTO Trade and Investment …

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Published on March 4, 2026 - 00:00 GMT

Government Procurement Committee discusses GPA implementation, progress in accessions

Regulatory developments in Canada The United States, echoed by the European Union, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, raised concerns with new federal-level Canadian policies that entered into force in December 2025 and grant …

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Published on March 3, 2026 - 00:00 GMT

WTO members consider new e-commerce proposal and previous submissions ahead of MC14

Switzerland, on behalf of co-sponsors, presented the proposal for the Ministerial Conference to mandate the establishment of a Committee on Digital Trade that would build on the work done under the Work Programme and provide a stable forum for digital …

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Published on February 27, 2026 - 22:35 GMT

WTO members consider enhanced transparency on trade and climate measures

Chair's stocktake on the way forward At the informal and formal CTE meetings held on 26 February, members discussed the Chair's stocktake of CTE work and possible next steps for 2026. The Chair, Ambassador Erwin Bollinger of Switzerland, at his …

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Published on February 27, 2026 - 00:00 GMT

Agriculture talks Chair circulates draft text ahead of MC14 building on member submissions

Discussion of submissions and WTO members' views on the way forward The new submission by Argentina aimed at fostering convergence around political guidance and called on members to "relaunch agriculture negotiations reaffirming their commitment …

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Published on February 26, 2026 - 00:35 GMT

Rewiring global value chains in a changing global environment

By Victor Stolzenburg Global value chains are the backbone of the world economy, even at a time when they are undergoing structural and policy-driven changes in the face of a rapidly changing global environment. Over the past two decades, international …

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Published on February 25, 2026 - 00:16 GMT

Panel to review Indian measures on batteries, e-vehicles; US appeals tax credits report

DS642: India - Measures Concerning Trade in the Automotive and Renewable Energy Technology Sectors China submitted its second request for the establishment of a dispute panel to rule on Indian measures in the automotive and renewable energy sectors which …

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Published on February 25, 2026 - 00:00 GMT

Members advance work on 2026 review of Trade Facilitation Agreement

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 February 20, 2026 - 00:00 GMT

Trade and gender group kickstarts thematic discussions for 2026

The co-Chairs, Ambassador James Baxter of Australia, Ambassador Clara Delgado of Cabo Verde and Ambassador Patricia Benedetti of El Salvador, explained that adopting a thematic focus for each meeting helps maintain closer links to the Work Plan. " …

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Published on February 19, 2026 - 15:02 GMT

Women's access to international markets to be spotlighted at MC14 high-level event

WTO members of the Informal Working Group on Trade and Gender (IWG) will take stock of the Group's efforts on gender-responsive trade policy and launch a new compendium compiling its technical work since 2020. The session will also kick off a second …

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Published on February 18, 2026 - 09:20 GMT

Members endorse draft MC14 decision on boosting small economies' participation in trade

Submitted by the WTO's Group of Small, Vulnerable Economies (SVEs), the draft decision calls for WTO members to address how to integrate small economies more effectively into the digital trade economy, and into the multilateral trading system more …

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Published on February 18, 2026 - 00:00 GMT

Services meetings focus on LDCs, remittance costs and environmental services classification

Follow-up to MC13 mandates Members continued discussing how to reinvigorate the Council's work on trade in services through more in-depth information-sharing on important topics, in line with the guidance of the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13). …

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Published on February 16, 2026 - 00:00 GMT

Members discuss new approaches, share experiences on reforming fossil fuel subsidies

New Zealand, the coordinator of the FFSR initiative, took stock of the progress made over the past two years across the three pillars of the FFSR work programme identified at the last Ministerial Conference (MC13) in 2024. These include enhancing …

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Published on February 11, 2026 - 12:41 GMT

Philippines launches safeguard investigation on ceramic tiles

In the notification, the Philippines indicated, among other things, as follows: "4. Provide a point of contact for the investigation and identify the preferred means for corresponding: The point of contact would be available to respond to enquiries …

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Published on February 10, 2026 - 15:51 GMT

Korea contributes to WTO Global Trust Fund and WTO Chairs Programme

The Global Trust Fund was established in December 2001 to receive unearmarked extra-budgetary donations from WTO members to finance technical cooperation activities carried out by the WTO. The WTO Chairs Programme provides support to academic institutions …

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Published on February 10, 2026 - 15:51 GMT

Applications from LDCs open for WTO annual workshop on transfer of technology

The purpose of this workshop is to facilitate dialogue on reported technology transfer measures under Article 66.2 of the TRIPS Agreement. In Article 66.2, the TRIPS Agreement specifically obliges developed country members to provide incentives to …

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Published on February 4, 2026 - 19:11 GMT

Trade Policy Review: The Gambia

The following documents are available: Secretariat report A detailed report written independently by the WTO Secretariat. Government report A policy statement by the government of the member under review. Concluding remarks Chairperson's concluding …

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Published on February 4, 2026 - 04:37 GMT

Members discuss next steps on WTO reform ahead of MC14

Ahead of the meeting at the WTO, Ambassador Ølberg shared with members a draft WTO reform workplan for the period after MC14. Starting with a short draft ministerial statement on WTO reform, the workplan sets out the scope of the work for the areas where …

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Published on February 4, 2026 - 04:37 GMT

WTO members share new agriculture negotiating submissions in lead-up to MC14

Members discussed the new submissions, one shared by Indonesia and the other by the African Group, at a meeting of the Committee on Agriculture in Special Session on 30 January, along with previous submissions that were put forward in December. "I …

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Published on February 2, 2026 - 22:05 GMT

Applications open for WTO advanced global workshop on government procurement

The purpose of the Workshop is to familiarize participants with the objectives, content and benefits of the GPA 2012, with the aim of enabling discussions on issues arising in government procurement that relate to international trade, good governance and …

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