Young leaders from the trade and peace communities met on 27 February to share experiences across disciplines and discuss solutions to current challenges in building peace. Jointly organized by the Graduate Institute Peacebuilding Initiative and the WTO, the matchmaking and networking event (...)
At a meeting of the Committee on Agriculture in Special Session — the Committee’s negotiation arm — on 27 February, the recently elected chair, Ambassador Alparslan Acarsoy of Türkiye, said his extensive consultations revealed members’ strong commitment to achieving an outcome with a focus on food (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 27 February 2023, of the Dispute Settlement Body, which consists of all WTO members and oversees legal disputes among them. The meeting notice is circulated in the form of a document (...)
A joint statement by the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations of the International Labour Organization and eight United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies marks the third anniversary of the UN Secretary-General’s Call to Action for Human (...)
Delegates from governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations have adopted new recommendations to create a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable future for people and businesses working in the fast-growing global arts and entertainment (...)
On 23 February 2023, Madagascar notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it initiated on 18 February 2023 a safeguard investigation on wheat or meslin flour and that it imposed a provisional measure.
The Netherlands is extending its partnership with the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF), committing CHF 1.3 million to help agricultural producers in developing and least developed countries (LDCs) seize new trade opportunities by complying with international food safety, animal (...)
A new WTO information note released on 23 February reports that global trade remained resilient and performed better than pessimistic predictions for 2022 as economies greatly affected by the war in Ukraine found alternative sources of supply. For the longer-term outlook, new WTO simulations (...)