In remarks today (23 November) to ministers from the Ottawa Group of WTO members, WTO Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff urged governments to translate their statements about reforms to global trade rules into formal proposals and concrete requests at the WTO. He also put forward ideas for how (...)
A growing number of governments have adopted policies aimed at promoting innovation and technological progress for their economies, a trend which has implications for trade flows and the rules that govern global commerce, according to the 2020 edition of the WTO’s World Trade Report. The (...)
In an address to leaders from the Group of 20 leading economies, Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff said on 21 November that the WTO membership faces three challenges: using trade to bolster the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, facilitating trade in products needed to treat (...)
On the occasion of World Fisheries Day on 21 November, the chair of the Negotiating Group on Rules, which is responsible for the fisheries subsidies negotiations, highlighted WTO members’ continued commitment to delivering a multilateral agreement for the benefit of the ocean and fishing (...)
Representatives from the private sector, civil society, media and international organizations debated on 19 November the impact of the WTO over the past 25 years and shared ideas on which issues the WTO should tackle in the years to come to ensure an equitable trading system. These views were (...)
The WTO is organizing on 24 November 2020 a virtual symposium to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement). This will be the first of a series of commemorative events reflecting on the impact and evolution of the most (...)
The WTO has launched new electronic dashboards to help members, donors and others track the implementation of the WTO’s technical assistance and training programmes. The aim of these programmes is to help developing countries strengthen their trade capacity and participate more effectively in (...)
The WTO Secretariat published today, 20 November, two graphics identifying some of the key trade issues arising at the various stages of the development and delivery of a vaccine against the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective is to help foster dialogue on the role that trade policy can play in (...)
World merchandise trade appears to have rebounded strongly after plummeting in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but whether growth can be sustained going forward is unclear, according to the WTO’s latest Goods Trade Barometer released on 20 November. A sharp rise in the barometer index was (...)
The ILO’s first virtual Governing Body meeting wrapped up its 340th session on 14 November. Take a look behind the scenes at how this historic meeting was put together.