On 9 June the Appellate Body issued its reports in the cases brought by Honduras and the Dominican Republic in “Australia — Certain Measures Concerning Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Other Plain Packaging Requirements Applicable to Tobacco Products and Packaging” (DS435 and (...)
Nigeria, on 9 June 2020, nominated Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the post of WTO Director-General to succeed the current Director-General, Mr Roberto Azevêdo, who has announced he will step down on 31 August 2020.
Disability-rights activist and actor Marlee Matlin talks about key steps we all can take to ensure that people with disabilities aren’t left behind in the response to the COVID-19 crisis. Together we can build a better normal.
On the occasion of World Oceans Day on 8 June, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo and the chair of the fisheries subsidies negotiations, Ambassador Santiago Wills of Colombia, highlighted the importance of a multilateral agreement to curb harmful fisheries (...)
At a virtual meeting of the Committee on Market Access on 8 June, WTO members commended the ongoing efforts by the WTO Secretariat to monitor governments’ trade-related measures during the COVID-19 crisis. They discussed ways to ensure that the emergency measures introduced to restrict exports (...)
On 8 June 2020, Turkey notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it initiated on 30 May 2020 a safeguard investigation on staple fibres of polyesters.
Mexico, on 8 June 2020, nominated Mr Jesús Seade Kuri for the post of WTO Director-General to succeed the current Director-General, Mr Roberto Azevêdo, who has announced he will step down on 31 August 2020.
In remarks delivered to a virtual meeting of the UK House of Commons’ International Trade Committee on 5 June, Deputy-Director General Alan Wolff said the WTO continues to play an important role in global trade but now is the time to consider improvements to the organization. “Were the WTO in the (...)
As governments respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the multiple links between human health, the environment and employment have become evident. With more and better jobs, healthy and resilient societies, the future of work can meet the needs of the future (...)