ILO Chief Technical Advisor, Shaza Al Jondi, speaks from Lebanon about the Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities (PROSPECTS), which aims to help forcibly displaced persons and their host communities tackle the challenges caused by displacement. (...)
A group of 12 young professionals from developing countries and least-developed countries (LDCs) have begun a year of work at the WTO to improve their knowledge about international trade and to contribute to WTO activities. At a welcome ceremony held at the WTO on 2 February, Director-General (...)
Speaking at a seminar organized by the World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on 2 February, WTO Deputy Director-General Anabel González welcomed the findings of a new report that calls for a fundamental change in agricultural support to make agriculture and food (...)
At the 2 February meeting of the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE), WTO members received briefings on the three new environmental initiatives launched on 15 December 2021 at the WTO. Members also discussed in-depth the respective efforts of the European Union and the United Kingdom to (...)
Throughout the pandemic, trade facilitation has played a life-saving role in keeping trade in food and other essential supplies flowing, Deputy Director-General Anabel González said in a keynote speech on 1 February. Speaking at the Global Forum 2022 for National Trade Facilitation Committees, (...)
Global services trade posted a 25% year-on-year increase in the third quarter of 2021. Digitally deliverable services such as computer, financial and business services were the main drivers of trade growth as well as transport, which was boosted by surging shipping rates. The rise, however, has (...)
The Directors-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the WTO met on 1 February to chart future directions for trilateral cooperation in support of an effective global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A joint news item is (...)
The European Union has requested WTO dispute consultations with China concerning alleged Chinese restrictions on the import and export of goods, and the supply of services, to and from Lithuania or with a link to Lithuania. The request was circulated to WTO members on 31 (...)
Deputy Director-General Angela Ellard participated on 31 January in an armchair discussion with Ambassador Rufus Yerxa, former WTO Deputy Director-General, at the 2022 Washington International Trade Conference, where she discussed current WTO negotiations and the future reform (...)