When Suman Kumari was 13 her father became ill and the family fell into debt. When COVID-19 hit and with creditors at the door, she joined her mother at her workplace processing mica, a mineral dust used in cosmetics, paints and electronics. An ILO project has helped her return to (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 20 December 2022, 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 (...)
The Joint Technical Symposium held on 16 December by the World Health Organization (WHO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) highlighted that the world can move quickly when driven by a crisis situation, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. (...)
Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala welcomed progress made by participants in the negotiations on investment facilitation for development (IFD) towards a meaningful and effective agreement. Speaking on 16 December at a high-level stocktaking session organized by participating members, DG (...)
WTO members agreed today to recommend that the General Council extends the 17 December deadline established to decide on whether the TRIPS Decision adopted in June at the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference should be extended to COVID-19 diagnostics and (...)
The WTO commemorated 20 years of its Regional Trade Policy Courses at an event held virtually on 16 December. As well as highlighting key milestones, the event featured video testimonials of alumni sharing their experiences and contributions from academic coordinators who explained how their (...)
The WTO Chair in Cameroon based at the Institute of International Relations (IRIC), University of Yaoundé II, organized a conference on 13-15 December that focused on trade policies and sustainable and inclusive development in Central Africa. The event brought together academics and policymakers (...)
China has requested WTO dispute consultations with the United States, challenging US export control and related measures with respect to certain advanced computing semiconductor chips and manufacturing products, supercomputer items, as well as related technologies and services, destined for or (...)
The fifteenth review of the trade policies and practices of the United States of America takes place on 14 and 16 December 2022. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of the United States of (...)