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Published on October 10, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

Plastics Dialogue discusses MC14 drafts, highlights development-focused matchmaking event

Discussing MC14 outcome documents China and Australia, both co-coordinators of the DPP (together with Barbados, Ecuador, Fiji and Morrocco), introduced five draft outcome documents proposed for MC14. These include an analytical summary of statistical …

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Published on October 10, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

Improving transparency focus of discussions at import licensing committee meeting

Transparency Import licensing refers to administrative procedures requiring the submission of an application or other documentation to relevant authorities as a prior condition for importing goods into a country or customs territory. Members are required …

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Published on October 8, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

Trade and gender group discusses implementation of 2025-2026 Work Plan

The Work Plan 2025-2026 of the Informal Working Group on Trade and Gender (IWG (INF/TGE/W/10/REV1) seeks to translate members' shared commitments to gender equality in trade into actions. The co-chairs recalled that the new Work Plan builds on the …

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Published on October 7, 2025 - 21:40 GMT

DG Okonjo-Iweala: WTO “has important tools worth preserving”

The General Council meeting opened with a moment of silence for Carlos Perez del Castillo, the former Ambassador of Uruguay to the WTO who passed away in August. General Council chair Saqer Abdullah Almoqbel (Saudi Arabia) noted that Mr. Perez del Castillo …

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Published on October 7, 2025 - 13:11 GMT

AI goods and frontloading lift world trade in 2025 but outlook dims for 2026

In the 7 October update of "Global Trade Outlook and Statistics", WTO economists provide new analysis on the build-up in inventories in 2025 and the robust trade in artificial intelligence-related goods such as semiconductors, servers and …

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Published on October 3, 2025 - 17:00 GMT

MSME Working Group reviews new trade initiatives, highlights exemplary businesses

New trade initiatives World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Assistant Director-General Marco M. Alemán introduced the organization's key tools in support of MSMEs. These include the Global Innovation Index (GII) and report, alternative …

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Published on October 3, 2025 - 17:00 GMT

WTO members discuss professional qualification recognition and other services trade issues

Recognition of professional qualifications An experience- and information-sharing session on the recognition of professional qualifications (RPQs) of service providers was held on 2 October, as agreed by the Council for Trade in Services. The session began …

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Published on October 2, 2025 - 23:14 GMT

WTO panel issues report regarding EU duties on Indonesian steel products

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Published on October 2, 2025 - 17:00 GMT

WTO members share tools and insights to advance fossil fuel subsidy reform

New Zealand, the coordinator of the FFSR initiative, noted the sustained interest of members in experience-sharing on pathways to reform, and welcomed presentations on the theme from several stakeholders. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) …

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Published on October 2, 2025 - 00:00 GMT

Committee reviews work on transparency, discusses AI, semiconductors, metrology in trade

Thematic sessions The thematic sessions scheduled for 11 November will focus on three areas: Critical emerging technologies. Latest developments in international standardization efforts in AI and machine learning, semiconductors and GPS technologies. The …

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Published on October 1, 2025 - 00:47 GMT

DG Okonjo-Iweala welcomes calls of support for WTO, urges meaningful MC14 outcomes

DG Okonjo-Iweala said that during her recent mission to New York to attend the UN General Assembly, leaders, ministers and stakeholders all expressed sentiments of support for the organization. "I was heartened by the amount of unwavering support …

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Published on September 30, 2025 - 17:18 GMT

Harnessing AI for inclusive growth

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already reshaping how economies produce, trade and grow. The World Trade Report 2025, launched at the WTO Public Forum on 17 September, examines the profound ways in which AI could transform global trade. The report's …

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Published on September 30, 2025 - 17:18 GMT

Bahrain contributes USD 200,000 to WTO–ITC Fund to support women exporters

The signing marked Bahrain’s commitment to advancing women’s economic empowerment through digital trade and to creating new opportunities for inclusive growth by supporting women-led micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). Launched in February …

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Published on September 26, 2025 - 17:30 GMT

WTO members prepare to advance e-commerce discussions as MC14 approaches

The facilitator of the Work Programme on Electronic Commerce, Ambassador Richard Brown of Jamaica, in summing up, noted that a group of members expressed at the meeting their intention to submit a draft ministerial text. Several members said they looked …

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Published on September 26, 2025 - 17:30 GMT

New WTO-World Bank reports hail progress in advancing Africa’s digital trade

Ambassador Richard Brown of Jamaica, the facilitator of the WTO Work Programme on E-commerce, moderated the discussion. In her opening remarks, Deputy Director-General Johanna Hill noted that the “Digital Trade for Africa” (DTA) project has come a long way …

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Published on September 26, 2025 - 17:30 GMT

EU appeals dispute panel report regarding duties on imports of biodiesel from Indonesia

DS618: European Union — Countervailing Duties on Imports of Biodiesel from Indonesia Indonesia expressed regret that the EU decided to appeal the panel's findings before a non-functioning Appellate Body. The EU recalled that it had invited Indonesia to …

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Published on September 26, 2025 - 17:00 GMT

Ethiopia’s WTO accession process enters decisive phase

The high-level Ethiopian delegation in Geneva, led by Minister Kassahun, consisted of 18 senior government officials from the Steering Committee on Accession and experts from ministries and government agencies. Other government officials participated from …

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Published on September 26, 2025 - 17:00 GMT

DDG Zhang highlights continued relevance of WTO, importance of business input in its work

"We are facing multiple challenges and uncertainties," DDG Zhang told the visiting entrepreneurs. "But as our Director-General Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said, 72% of global trade is still going on within the framework of the WTO. That…

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Published on September 26, 2025 - 17:00 GMT

Committee reviews farm policies, follows up on ministerial outcomes, addresses food security

Updates on agricultural market developments and food security Members heard updates from representatives of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the UN World Food Programme (WFP), the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Bank on ongoing …

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Published on September 25, 2025 - 17:00 GMT

The Dominican Republic launches safeguard investigation on sweet and savoury biscuits

In the notification, the Dominican Republic indicated, among other things, as follows (provisional English translation): "Point of contact and correspondence for the purposes of the investigation Comisión Reguladora de Prácticas Desleales en el …

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