On 2 June, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala received Nicaragua’s instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies from Nicaragua’s WTO Ambassador Rosalía Bohorquez Palacios. Just ten more acceptances are needed for the Agreement to enter into (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 5 June 2025, 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 officially (...)
On 28 May, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala received Malawi’s instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies from Malawi’s WTO Ambassador Caroline Bwanali-Mussa. Malawi brings to 100 the number of WTO members that have deposited their instrument of acceptance with the (...)
WTO members reached consensus on 27 May on a slate of names of the chairpersons for the 14 subsidiary bodies that report to the Council for Trade in Goods. The Chair of the Goods Council, Mr. Gustavo Nerio Lunazzi (Argentina), thanked delegations for their cooperation and flexibility in (...)
At a meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on 23 May, WTO members considered a request from China for the establishment of a dispute panel to review surtax measures imposed by Canada on certain products of Chinese origin, including electric vehicles and steel and aluminium (...)
The Netherlands is extending its partnership with the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF), committing CHF 1.3 million to help developing economies enhance their sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) capacities. This contribution, which will enable value chain participants to strengthen (...)
At a meeting of the Committee on Trade and Development in special session on 22 May, WTO members continued deliberations on three Agreement-specific proposals submitted by the G-90 group. The proposals relate to the application of special and differential treatment (S&DT) under the WTO (...)
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Inter-Parliamentary Union Secretary General Martin Chungong urge parliaments worldwide to accelerate ratification of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies — the first WTO accord to place environmental sustainability at its core. With 99 WTO members (...)
At an information session on 22 May, WTO members were briefed by the WTO Secretariat on the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies and the process for depositing instruments of acceptance with the WTO. They also heard from several members about their ratification experiences. An information session (...)
WTO members will need to agree on a package of “deep and thorough” reform proposals for consideration at the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in March next year if the WTO is to remain relevant, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told members at a meeting of the General Council on 20-21 (...)