On 2 April 2019, Egypt notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it initiated on 31 March 2019 a safeguard investigation on semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel and steel rebar (bars, rods and coils) for construction (...)
To commemorate the Centenary, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder and WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo inaugurated an exhibition on the original ILO headquarters and unveiled artwork from the original building, at what is today the WTO Secretariat, in Geneva, on 25 March (...)
Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff on 21 March welcomed South Sudan’s bid to join the WTO, saying it was a “timely reminder” of the fundamental benefit of the multilateral trading system. DDG Wolff spoke at the panel on “Trade For Peace Through WTO Accession,” which took place on the margins of the (...)
WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo visited São Paulo, Brazil, between 18 and 21 March, where he took part in a number of events to discuss the importance of open trade policies and a strong rules-based trading system to promote the competitiveness of the Brazilian economy. These events included (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 26 March 2019, of the Dispute Settlement Body, which consists of all WTO members and oversees legal disputes among them. The meeting notice is circulated in the form of a document officially (...)
Speaking at the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum in London on 20 March, Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff said the WTO is facing enormous challenges but that past crises have spurred initiatives that eventually strengthened the global trading system. “A crisis properly managed (...)
On 19 March 2019, the Russian Federation notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it initiated two safeguard investigations: (a) one on microwave ovens imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union, initiated on 1 March 2019 and (b) the other on imports of welded (...)
The third review of the trade policies and practices of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda takes place on 20 and 22 March 2019. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Governments of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and (...)
The ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, delivered a video message to a seminar in Stockholm with Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, to discuss the report of the ILO's Global Commission on the Future of Work "Work for a Brighter Future". The seminar was organized by the Swedish (...)