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 (...)
WTO members participating in the Joint Initiative on Services Domestic Regulation finalized preparations for the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12) at their meeting on 18 November, paving the way for a positive outcome at MC12 which starts later this month. The Philippines became the 66th (...)
The Government of Kazakhstan and the WTO are jointly hosting on 15-19 November the second edition of the Trade for Peace Week. The event kickstarted with a high-level session bringing fresh perspectives to the linkages between trade and security, drawing from the expertise of senior officials, (...)
The third review of the trade policies and practices of Oman takes place on 17 and 19 November 2021. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Oman.
Global value chains (GVCs) have proven to be resilient in the face of the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as environmental and geopolitical shocks according to a new report co-published by the WTO, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and three other institutions on 16 November. (...)