Senior representatives of consumer organizations meeting today (6 May 2019) at the WTO headquarters sent a strong message of support for the WTO and the multilateral trading system. They stressed the importance of ensuring consumers’ concerns are taken into account in trade negotiations and (...)
Ambassador Manuel A. J. Teehankee, Philippine Permanent Representative to the WTO, delivered to WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo on 6 May the request of the Philippine government to become an observer in the Committee on Government (...)
At a meeting of the full WTO membership on 3 May, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo announced that a new WTO trust fund has been established to support least developed countries to take part in negotiations on fisheries subsidies over the coming months, ahead of the end-of-year deadline for this (...)
Registration is now open for the Aid for Trade Global Review 2019, to be held from 3 to 5 July under the theme “Supporting Economic Diversification and Empowerment” at the WTO’s headquarters in Geneva. The Global Review will discuss how Aid for Trade supports economic diversification and (...)
Online registration for the 2019 Public Forum is now open. The main theme of this year’s event, to be held at the WTO’s headquarters from 8 to 11 October, is “Trading Forward: Adapting to a Changing World”. Registration closes on 16 September (...)
Following the outbreak of the 2008 global financial crisis, WTO members tasked the WTO Secretariat with the mission to prepare regular updates on the latest trends in the implementation of new trade and trade-related measures and on important developments in trade policy-making. Launched in (...)
Most WTO members confirmed at a meeting of the Committee on Agriculture in special session on 30 April to 1 May their positive reaction to the working group process initiated in January, and supported the intention of Ambassador John Deep Ford, the committee chair, to extend the process until (...)
Speaking at the 10th China Business Conference held at the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC on 1 May, Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff said that all benefit from the existence of the multilateral trading system, not least the United States and China, and other major trading partners. (...)
در پی فراخوان کانون عالی انجمنهای صنفی کارفرمایی ایران (کعاصکا)، عصر روز چهارشنبه ۱۱ اردیبهشت ماه ۱۳۹۸ مراسم قدردانی از کارگران شریف کشور، با حضور گروهی از نمایندگان و اعضای تشکلهای کارگران و کارفرمایان در سالن همایش سندیکای شرکتهای ساختمانی ایران برگزار شد. این مراسم، در عین حال، فرصتی فراهم آورد تا نمایندگان تشکلهای کارگری و (...)
Speaking at an event organized by the Farm Foundation on 30 April in Arlington, Virginia, Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff encouraged agriculture negotiators to turn technical discussions and information sharing at the WTO into real negotiation. Taking stock of the challenges that farmers are (...)