A WTO publication on policies implemented by governments to help labour markets adjust to globalization was launched at the Public Forum on 11 October. It examines case studies on labour adjustment programmes and provides an extensive review of literature on this topic to highlight how (...)
What is the value of electronic commerce trade, and how much of that is being traded digitally? How can the impact of non-trade barriers be measured? Is trade data increasingly kept behind pay walls? These and other issues were addressed at a Public Forum seminar on 11 October where (...)
At the 2019 WTO Public Forum, many discussions focused on how to adapt to a new trading environment marked by the growing importance of services, the most dynamic component of international trade. The four-day event from 8 to 11 October highlighted the important role services play in increasing (...)
In an informal session of the Trade Negotiations Committee dedicated to fisheries subsidies, facilitators held consultations open to all WTO members on 10-11 October, as part of a week-long cluster of meetings to move the talks on fisheries subsidies forward. During the facilitator-led (...)
Speaking at a session on “Trade for peace through WTO accessions” at the Public Forum on 9 October, Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff said the enthusiasm of newly acceding countries for using WTO membership as a peacebuilding instrument “is a reason for optimism” at a time of uncertainty for world (...)
The 2019 edition of the WTO’s World Trade Report highlights that services have become the most dynamic component of international trade and that its role will continue to expand in the coming decades. It stresses the need to enhance cooperation in the international community to support this (...)
Millennials and Generation Z, and their unique perspective on the challenges the world of trade is facing today, took centre stage for the first time at the WTO Public Forum during a high-level panel on 8 October. Youth from the private and public sectors discussed, together with WTO (...)
The world must act now to secure a global deal to end harmful fisheries subsidies, panellists said at a high-level session during the Public Forum on 8 October. Renowned conservationist Sir David Attenborough added his support, noting via video message that a WTO agreement is vital for the (...)