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 (...)
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 (...)