WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called on members to deliver concrete results that promote the WTO’s founding objectives: using trade to improve the living standards of ordinary people, creating better jobs, and contributing to sustainable development. She was speaking at an informal (...)
The 2021 Global Trade and Blockchain Forum held on 30 March brought together policy-makers, trade officials and business representatives to discuss how to leverage blockchain technology to enhance the transparency and efficiency of supply chains and trade processes. It also looked into the role (...)
Concerns about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on farm trade and farm policies continued to overshadow the work of the WTO’s Committee on Agriculture at its meeting on 29-30 March. Questions were raised regarding 30 new agriculture support and trade-related policies adopted by members and (...)
Special and differential treatment for developing countries, and particularly for least-developed countries (LDCs), featured in WTO members’ discussions at a meeting of the Committee on Trade and Development on 29 March. The United Kingdom’s preferential scheme for imports from developing (...)
The Informal Dialogue on Plastics Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade took place on 29 March 2021 and focused on enhancing transparency and international cooperation. The aim was to establish a solid factual basis to support WTO members’ efforts to reduce plastics pollution (...)
The Government of Sudan and the WTO Secretariat organised a Round Table with WTO members and development partners on 29 March to discuss Sudan’s accession-specific technical assistance and capacity building needs. Khartoum is preparing for full resumption of the accession process following an (...)
The WTO and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission jointly organized a three-day virtual workshop on health, intellectual property (IP) and trade policy-making for ECOWAS member states and the ECOWAS Commission on 22-23 and 29 March. The workshop, held in (...)
The ILO is the only tripartite UN agency that brings together government, employer and worker representatives from 187 Member States to set labour standards, develop policies and devise programmes to promote decent work for all women and (...)
As we celebrate the 50th ratification of the ILO Forced Labour Protocol, activist and 50 for Freedom champion, Leonardo Sakamoto, calls on governments to make the eradication of modern slavery a political priority.