Aiming to raise awareness amongst workers of the risks of heat stress and employers on the need to develop heat stress mitigation plans, the ILO Project Office for the State of Qatar, in collaboration with the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs (ADLSA), produced (...)
Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff called on businesses to make “support of the liberal international economic order a company and industry priority” in his speech to the Geneva Association General Assembly in Buenos Aires on 30 May. Speaking to senior global decision-makers in the insurance (...)
In his keynote speech at the centenary summit of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris on 28 May, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo thanked the ICC for its constant support of multilateralism and for its contribution to delivering growth, development, job creation and stability. He (...)
The Appellate Body has issued its 2018 Annual Report summarizing the activities of the Appellate Body and its Secretariat over the past year. At an event to mark the launch of the report on 28 May, 2018 Appellate Body chair Ujal Singh Bhatia said the Appellate Body’s docket continued to grow (...)
At a meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on 28 May, WTO members agreed to establish a panel to rule on measures imposed by Qatar relating to the importing, stocking, distribution, marketing or sale of goods from the United Arab Emirates. The DSB also considered a request from the (...)
On 27 May 2019, Morocco notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it initiated on 29 May 2019 a safeguard investigation on hot-rolled sheets of steel.
Speaking at an informal ministerial meeting on 23 May organised by the Australian government in the margins of the OECD meetings in Paris, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo urged ministers to address systemic challenges and advance negotiating work in parallel. He warned that current progress on (...)
Speaking at a meeting of the OECD Ministerial Council in Paris on 23 May, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo highlighted that advances in technology are changing the way we trade and do business today, facilitating trade in digital products and services. Noting the rapid growth in e-commerce and (...)
On Sunday 16 June, the WTO will welcome the public to its headquarters in Geneva. The 2019 WTO Open Day will give visitors the chance to find out more about the work of the WTO, to explore its historic building and to enjoy a full range of activities that will take place on the lakeside (...)
At a meeting organized in Paris by the Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on 22 May 2019, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo provided an update on the state of play in global trade and on discussions about the reform of the WTO. He welcomed (...)