At the 5th meeting of the Working Party on the Accession of Bhutan held on 9 July, WTO members welcomed the country back to the negotiating table after 18 years. Bhutan reaffirmed its strong commitment to joining the WTO, while highlighting the positive economic developments achieved since (...)
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala welcomed the President of Georgia, Mikheil Kavelashvili, to the WTO on 8 July to discuss Georgia's economic and trade performance, its engagement in the multilateral trading system, and current developments in the global trading (...)
On 8 July, the WTO circulated the panel report in the case brought by Indonesia in European Union – Anti-Dumping Measures on Imports of Fatty Acid from Indonesia (DS622).
At a meeting of the Negotiating Group on Rules held on 8 July, the Chair, Ambassador Leslie Ramsammy of Guyana, reported on WTO members' active participation and constructive engagement in three information and thematic sessions on fisheries subsidies negotiations held since the 14th (...)
The Heads of the International Energy Agency (IEA), International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank Group (WBG), and World Trade Organization (WTO) met on July 7 as part of the high-level coordination group established in April to maximize their institutions’ response to the energy, trade, and (...)
The WTO has issued a new edition of WTO Dispute Settlement: One-Page Case Summaries, a regularly updated publication that provides succinct summaries of every panel and Appellate Body report adopted by the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) and every arbitration decision or award notified to (...)
At a meeting on 6 July, co-sponsors of the Dialogue on Plastics Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade (DPP) focused discussions on developing a workplan for 2026-27 in preparation for the 15th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC15) with a view to continuing to deliver concrete, (...)
At a meeting on 7 July, WTO members participating in the Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform (FFSR) initiative reviewed outcomes from the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Cameroon and highlighted progress across key work areas since MC13. Members also examined global policy responses to energy (...)
A new study on the WTO accession experiences of Arab countries was launched on 6 July 2026, drawing lessons from past and ongoing accession processes of countries in the Arab region. The study is aimed at providing insights to Arab governments in the process of seeking WTO membership, examining (...)
At a meeting on 6 July, 79 WTO members participating in the Trade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions (TESSD) reviewed new booklets highlighting progress in their technical work so far and discussed TESSD's future priorities, working methods and potential deliverables in (...)