Speaking at the “Climate Change Priorities on Trade and Investment” webinar hosted by the government of Bangladesh on 14 February, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala outlined her views on how climate priorities can be addressed through trade actions which prioritize the specific challenges (...)
A virtual workshop jointly organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the WTO on 28 February will provide an overview of particular COVID-19-related information resources.
At the joint request of the United States and Canada in the dispute “US — Supercalendered Paper (Article 22.6 — US)” (DS505), the arbitrator has agreed to make the relevant portions of the audio recordings of the arbitrator’s meeting with the parties available to the public (...)
Over 250 representatives from WTO members and observers participated on 11 February in a technical workshop focused on the practical aspects of COVID-19 vaccine research and development (R&D), manufacturing, regulatory approval, distribution, and coordination of vaccination campaigns. WTO (...)
The 2nd High-Level Regional Dialogue on WTO Accessions for the Arab Region on 7-9 February 2022 focused on how to assist Arab acceding governments advance closer to WTO membership. Participants stressed the many challenges beyond trade faced by several Arab countries still outside the WTO and (...)
On 8 February, the WTO circulated the panel report in the case brought by the Republic of Korea in “United States — Safeguard measure on imports of large residential washers” (DS546).
Deputy Director-General Angela Ellard delivered a lecture to the US National War College on 7 February in which she discussed economic multilateralism as a potent instrument of economic power. She addressed the historical context and basic principles of the WTO as well as the modern challenges (...)
World exports of intermediate goods (IGs) continued to rise in the third quarter of 2021, although at a slower pace than the previous quarter according to a WTO report released on 4 February. A rise in traded inputs for medical goods and metal products and increases across all regions helped (...)
Almost 200 government officials and experts from 17 countries participated in the Second Latin American Meeting of National Trade Facilitation Committees (NTFC) held on 1 — 4 February. Participants exchanged experiences on trade facilitation post-COVID-19, including on monitoring reforms, and (...)
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. (...)