Co-sponsors of three new environmental initiatives met jointly on 15 December and vowed to put environmental concerns at the heart of future trade discussions. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala joined ministers from the initiative co-coordinators, heads of international organizations and (...)
ILO Senior Labour Migration Specialist, Gloria Moreno-Fontes, speaks from Pretoria about the Southern Africa Migration Management (SAMM) Project, which aims to improve migration management in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region. The project is funded by the European Commission and (...)
In her remarks to the Asia House Global Trade Dialogue on 14 December, Deputy Director-General Angela Ellard highlighted the work underway at the WTO to address the major shift in global trade to a digital and environmentally sustainable (...)
Ministers of Australia, Japan and Singapore — co-convenors of WTO e-commerce negotiations — have welcomed the substantial progress made in the initiative in a statement issued on 14 December.
A new WTO publication launched on 8 December highlights the high trade costs faced by landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) due to their isolation from the world’s largest markets. The report recommends ways to address these trade challenges so that LLDCs can increase their participation in (...)
A virtual ceremony took place on 7 December to mark the conclusion of three 2021 internship programmes as well as this year’s programme for young professionals from developing and least-developed countries. A total of 39 government officials and 14 young professionals from across the world took (...)