Director-General Roberto Azevêdo participated in the G20 Ministerial Meeting on Trade and Digital Economy on 8-9 June in Tsukuba, Japan, which resulted in a commitment by ministers to “work constructively with other WTO Members to undertake necessary WTO reform with a sense of urgency, including (...)
In a speech to the G-2 Conference at the WTO on 8 June, Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff said that the stronger the WTO is as an institution, the more likely it can play a positive role in providing a response to trade conflicts. WTO members, business CEOs and non-governmental organizations (...)
Coinciding with the celebration of the first World Food Safety Day, the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) launched on 7 June its Annual Report 2018, entitled “Investing in Safe Trade: Supporting Developing Countries to Meet International (...)
The 108th International Labour Conference gets underway in Geneva, Switzerland from 10 to 21 June 2019. This year's session brings together over 5,000 delegates from around the globe to find solutions to the challenges of the future of the world of work, and celebrate the Centenary of the (...)
From sky-diving to mountain climbing to sailing, the ILO Centenary has inspired a world of creativity. As we mark the halfway point in this Centenary year we’ve put together a snapshot of the celebrations that have been happening around the globe – some traditional, some more extreme but all (...)
Several WTO members raised concerns over local content requirements imposed by other members at a meeting of the Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs) on 6 June 2019. Certain domestic legislation concerning fisheries, mobile and medical devices, and retail, automobile and (...)
Where are least developed countries (LDCs) seeing the benefits from trade assistance? What work remains to be done? And where would investments have the most impact? These are some of the questions addressed in a series of expert articles launched by the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) in (...)
The WTO has issued a new and updated edition of “WTO Dispute Settlement: One-Page Case Summaries”. The publication provides a succinct summary of the key findings of every dispute panel report up to the end of 2018 and, where applicable, the subsequent Appellate Body (...)
Canada filed an appeal on 4 June concerning the WTO panel report in the case brought by Canada in “United States — Anti-Dumping Measures Applying Differential Pricing Methodology to Softwood Lumber from Canada” (DS534). The panel report was circulated to WTO members on 9 April (...)