Director-General Roberto Azevêdo welcomed Prime Minister Andrew Holness of Jamaica to the WTO on 12 June to discuss Jamaica’s views regarding the development dimension of the WTO’s work and preserving the achievements of the multilateral trading (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo welcomed His Majesty King Mswati III of Eswatini to the WTO on 12 June. The two discussed Eswatini’s recent initiatives on trade as well as the importance of the multilateral trading system as an engine for (...)
The eleventh review of the trade policies and practices of Canada takes place on 12 and 14 June 2019. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Canada.
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo welcomed President Salome Zourabichvili of Georgia to the WTO on 11 June. The two met and exchanged views on Georgia’s participation in the WTO and its support for the multilateral trading system.
President Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar paid a visit to the WTO on 11 June and met with Director-General Roberto Azevêdo. The two discussed current challenges facing global trade and how the multilateral trading system can better address the concerns of least-developed countries (LDCs) such as (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo welcomed Vice President Mercedes Aráoz of Peru to the WTO on 11 June to discuss challenges facing the multilateral trading system and ongoing talks on reform of the WTO as well as Peru’s upcoming Trade Policy Review at the (...)
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 (...)