At its meeting on 18 December, the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) agreed to establish a panel to review Mexico’s complaint against import restrictions imposed by Costa Rica on fresh avocados from Mexico. The DSB also agreed to a request from the United States for a panel to review its (...)
On 18 December the WTO circulated the panel report in the case brought by Turkey in “United States — Countervailing Measures on Certain Pipe and Tube Products” (DS523)
Speaking at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington D.C. on 17 December, Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff outlined the reasons for being optimistic that the multilateral trading system and the WTO will endure. He emphasized the need for solutions to meet current (...)
France is donating a total of EUR 4.5 million (CHF 5 million) to finance technical assistance programmes and training activities for developing and least-developed countries (LDCs) over a period of three years (2018, 2019 and 2020). This amount will be directed to five funds housed by the (...)
The fourteenth review of the trade policies and practices of the United States of America takes place on 17 and 19 December 2018. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of the United States of (...)
Watch the plenary address of the ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder at the 7th Plenary of the Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Marrakech, Morocco. The conference took place from 10-11 December 2018 and was hosted by the Kingdom of (...)
Actress and model Mrunal Thakur voices the real-life story of a rural girl trapped in forced prostitution in the city. The artist supports the 50 for Freedom campaign led by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and its partners to end modern (...)
The annual session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO, a joint undertaking of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the European Parliament, is taking place on 6 and 7 December 2018 at the headquarters of the WTO.
Speaking in Washington DC on 5 December, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said that WTO members have “a once-in-a-generation opportunity to renew the trading system”. He argued that in responding to the range of challenges in the global trading system today, momentum was building towards (...)
Germany is donating EUR 1 million (CHF 1,100,000) to the WTO’s Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) to help developing countries implement WTO agreements and to enhance their trade negotiating skills. The contribution was confirmed at a signing ceremony with WTO Deputy (...)