The 2021 edition of the WTO’s World Trade Report examines why the interconnected global trading system is both vulnerable and resilient to crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, how it can help countries to be more economically resilient to shocks, and what can be done to make the system better (...)
ILO Chief Technical Advisor, Pauline Swagi, speaks from Nairobi about the Innovation to Inclusion (i2i) programme, which is developing, testing, and sharing effective ways to engage and retain persons with disabilities in waged employment in the private sector in Kenya. The programme is funded (...)
Following its sharp rebound from the initial shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, global merchandise trade is slowing, with production and supply disruptions in critical sectors dampening growth alongside cooling import demand, according to the WTO’s latest Goods Trade Barometer issued on 15 (...)
The chair of the WTO’s agriculture negotiations, Ambassador Gloria Abraham Peralta, told heads of delegations at a meeting on 15 November that she plans to circulate a revised draft negotiation text as soon as possible. She will also present her report to the Trade Negotiations Committee on 19 (...)
In her virtual address to the Seoul Trade Remedies Forum 2021 on 15 November, Deputy Director-General Angela Ellard addressed trends in trade remedies in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and noted an increase in the number of anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations in 2020. She (...)
In remarks delivered to a webinar organized by Duke University on 15 November, Deputy Director-General Anabel Gonzalez highlighted the “double dividend” for least developed countries (LDCs) from participating in global value chains. The dividends include allowing the most productive LDC firms to (...)
The new ILO tool, which outlines steps to create effective and inclusive social dialogue, will assist with the achievement of several UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Representatives from the WTO’s least developed countries (LDCs) exchanged views and experiences on the impact of graduation from LDC status at an event held on 10-11 November. In her address to the event, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala stressed that “the interests of graduating LDCs, and (...)
Brazil has requested WTO dispute consultations with the European Union regarding EU measures impacting the importation of certain poultry meat preparations from Brazil. The request was circulated to WTO members on 11 November.
The laws that govern the labour market have not been designed with the home as a workplace in mind. What does this mean for workers and employers? How can we ensure decent work for homeworkers?