The fourth review of the trade policies and practices of the Kingdom of Bahrain takes place on 24 and 26 November 2021. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of the Kingdom of (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 29 November 2021, 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 (...)
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, actress Mrunal Thakur speaks from the heart to address violence and harassment in the world of work. The COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated vulnerabilities, inequalities, and domestic violence. Mrunal stands with the ILO to call (...)
The chair of the WTO’s agriculture negotiations, Ambassador Gloria Abraham Peralta (Costa Rica), circulated a revised negotiation text on 23 November in the run-up to the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), which will take place from 30 November to 3 December. The chair said the updated text (...)
Skills and lifelong learning have become ever more important as the world of work transforms rapidly, including due to changes caused by the COVID-19 crisis. The issue will be discussed during the second segment of the 109th International Labour Conference. Find out about the four key questions (...)
Inequality is on the agenda of the second segment of the 109th International Labour Conference. It’s an issue that’s been at the heart of the ILO mandate since it was founded. So why is it being examined now? How can the world of work help reduce inequalities? And what’s the aim of the (...)
The World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched on 22 November the WTO-IMF COVID-19 Vaccine Trade Tracker, a new database aimed at providing greater transparency on the cross-border flow of COVID-19 vaccines. The portal provides data on the trade and supply (...)
On 19 November, the WTO circulated the panel report in the case brought by the European Union in “United States — Anti-dumping and countervailing duties on ripe olives from Spain” (DS577).
At a formal meeting of the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) on 18 November, WTO members agreed to keep actively engaging up until the WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) in order to find a common intellectual property (IP) response to COVID-19. The (...)
Sweden is contributing SEK 500,000 (over CHF 53,000) to help the least-developed countries (LDCs) within the WTO membership participate in the WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), which will be held at the end of November in (...)