A new e-portal and search engine will make it easier to access documents on the deliberations that have taken place within the General Council, the WTO’s top decision-making body in Geneva.
Education workers need more support if they are to provide the additional learning needed for building a more resilient and sustainable recovery from the pandemic.
Speaking to G20 leaders and the heads of international organizations on 21 May, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said WTO members could contribute to greater equity in the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines by lowering supply chain barriers, fully using existing production capacity, (...)
A panel of experts will explore on 26 May 2021 the factors determining the successful delivery of medical technologies and vaccines to their final destination. The webinar will discuss the lessons learned so far and will consider how to undertake a practical and forward-looking approach. The (...)
At a meeting on e-commerce negotiations held on 20 May, co-convenor Ambassador George Mina (Australia) urged WTO members to move the work of the small groups to a phase of “stronger and more intensified convergence”. He said that the time left between now and the 12th Ministerial Conference is (...)
WTO members exchanged views with public and private sector experts on the growing challenges and opportunities facing businesses in the use of trade preferences, with a particular focus on product origin requirements. The discussion took place at a webinar entitled “What Drives the Utilization (...)
The third review of the trade policies and practices of the Kyrgyz Republic takes place on 18 and 20 May 2021. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Speaking at a meeting of the Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance on 17 May, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala encouraged WTO members to build on their discussions to develop a trade finance work programme in the run-up to the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12). She emphasized the (...)
A total of 26 government officials from 16 WTO members and observers are attending the WTO’s first online Regional Trade Policy Course for English-speaking African countries taking place from 17 May to 20 August. The objective is to extend participants’ expertise on the multilateral trading (...)