The fourth review of the trade policies and practices of the OECS-WTO Members (Antigua and Barbuda; Dominica; Grenada; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) takes place on 3 and 5 May 2023. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report (...)
Addressing participants of the public-private dialogue organized by “Sustainability Rounds” and sponsored by the Gambia and France on 2 May, Deputy Director-General Jean-Marie Paugam emphasized that without international cooperation, the policies that countries introduce to tackle plastic (...)
Canada deposited its instrument of acceptance for the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on 2 May, making it the fifth WTO member, and the second large fishing member, to do so. Ambassador Nadia Theodore presented the contribution to WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in Geneva, (...)
The WTO should work towards creating a more inclusive trading system that ensures all members of society can benefit from the opportunities that trade provides, H.E. Dr Mokgweetsi E.K. Masisi, President of Botswana, said on 2 May at an event held at the WTO as part of the Presidential Lecture (...)
Missing notifications regarding members’ subsidies continued to be the major matter of concern at a meeting of the WTO’s Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures on 2 May. Both the Committee Chair, Sally Bardayán Rivera (Panama), and delegations highlighted the chronic low compliance (...)
Africa stands to gain greatly from strengthened ocean sustainability if the entry into force of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies and further outcomes from the second wave of negotiations can be secured by the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in February 2024, Deputy Director-General (...)
At an event titled “Making Trade Score for Women” held at the WTO on 1 May, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and FIFA President Gianni Infantino emphasized the role that football and international trade can play in empowering women. The event was opened by Ambassador Clare Kelly of New (...)
The Chair of the Working Party on the Accession of Azerbaijan, Ambassador Alparslan Acarsoy of Turkey, visited Baku on 27—28 April at the invitation of the Government of Azerbaijan. Accompanied by members of the WTO Secretariat, Ambassador Acarsoy held a series of high-level meetings to discuss (...)