Over 30 government officials responsible for transparency in product standards and the development of regulations in African countries completed the WTO’s first Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Transparency Champions Programme on 28 April in Nairobi, (...)
WTO members advanced work on the second wave of fisheries subsidies negotiations during the second of a series of “Fish Weeks” held on 25-28 April. The chair of the negotiations, Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson, said many members signalled readiness to start engaging in text-based negotiations as the (...)
The Republic of Korea and the United States announced at a meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on 28 April that they have reached a mutually agreed solution to terminate subsequent procedures in “United States — Safeguard measure on imports of large residential washers” (DS546). WTO (...)
In a statement to mark World Day for Safety and Health, the ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo, outlines the critical importance of safe and healthy working environments.
At a meeting of the Committee on Market Access on 26-27 April, WTO members adopted a document reflecting lessons learned from trade in COVID-19 related goods and indicating practices members might want to consider in the event of future emergencies. Members were updated on the notification of (...)
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to harness trade, continental integration and the multilateral trading system to achieve sustainable economic growth amid challenging global economic conditions. In her remarks at the (...)
Deputy Director-General Angela Ellard on 27 April encouraged parliamentarians from around the globe to deepen their support for the WTO, including by ratifying the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. Speaking at an event organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union in the European Parliament in (...)
Trade in digitally delivered services boomed during the COVID-19 pandemic, with global exports growing by 15% on average in 2020-21. Newly released WTO-OECD data show, in particular, a boost in intra-regional trade in these services in Asia, with trade up 25% in 2021, and in North America (...)