At the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) meeting held on 4 November, WTO members discussed proposals to foster more transparency and cooperation amid various carbon emission policies that may impact the flow of trade. Members also heard a report on the CTE sustainable agriculture (...)
On 3 November, WTO members held the first meeting of the Transparency Working Group of the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures, an initiative aimed at enhancing transparency and cooperation among members on SPS notifications. The SPS Committee also met on 5-7 November and (...)
WTO members participating in the Trade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions (TESSD) met on 29-30 October to advance work on finalizing outcomes for four sustainability topics for the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14). Technical discussions focused on enhancing the (...)
On 29 October, a WTO arbitrator issued its decision on the level of countermeasures the European Union may request with respect to the United States in "United States — Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties on Ripe Olives from Spain" (DS577). The arbitrator also decided on the methodology the (...)
The WTO’s Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices met on 29 October 2025 to review members’ latest notifications of new, amended or previously reviewed anti-dumping laws and regulations as well as reports on anti-dumping actions.
The First review of the trade policies and practices of the United Kingdom takes place on 28 and 30 October 2025. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of the United Kingdom.
At a meeting of the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM) on 28 October, Chair Jungsoo Hur (Republic of Korea) reiterated that members' submission of subsidy notifications is the most fundamental transparency obligation under the SCM Agreement. He expressed continued concern (...)
At a meeting on 27 October, the WTO Committee on Safeguards reviewed members' safeguard actions covering 30 products, 10 of which were steel/metal products. These actions were notified since the Committee's last meeting in April 2025. The United States responded to various members' requests for (...)
Research in developing a new Trade Policy Activity (TPA) index by a group of WTO and IMF economists reveals a marked pick-up in trade policy activity from around 2019-2020, reflecting increased interventions in trade for a range of policy objectives. The change also corresponds to the period of (...)
Acceding members remain a source of hope for the future of the trading system at a time when the multilateral framework is under pressure, Deputy Director-General Xiangchen Zhang said at an event held on 22 and 23 October in Geneva commemorating the WTO membership anniversaries of Georgia and (...)