Representatives from 42 least-developed countries (LDCs) met at the first Global Forum on Inclusive Trade for LDCs taking place at the WTO on 13-14 June 2018 to seek ways to further integrate the world’s poorest countries into the multilateral trading system. The event has been organized by the (...)
Speaking at a WTO Symposium on the Agriculture Policy Landscape on 13 June, Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff said WTO members need to commit to sharing information, broadening perspectives and engaging with each other with open minds in order to build resilience in the global agri-food (...)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted a meeting with the heads of six multilateral agencies on 11 June in Berlin to discuss ways to foster international economic cooperation to address global challenges and improve the prospects for inclusive and sustainable growth. WTO Director-General (...)
At a meeting of the Agriculture Committee on 11-12 June, WTO members discussed a counter-notification filed by the United States regarding India’s farm subsidies. Members also held their annual discussion on export competition and agreed to conclude the first three-year review of the elimination (...)
The fifth review of the trade policies and practices of Colombia takes place on 12 and 14 June 2018. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Colombia.
In Madagascar, driven by poverty and lack of opportunity, many children work as domestic workers in conditions that can be dangerous for their health and safety. A project of the International Labour Organization aims to reduce the number of children in domestic work through awareness-raising (...)
“Today we know that the number of child labourers has decreased from more than 250 million to 152 million. So a lot has been achieved but it is not enough. If the world can reach out to Mars, why can’t we reach out to every single child who is in danger?” says Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace (...)
The multilateral trading system needs renewal periodically and this is the time for engaging in the necessary effort, said Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff in an address to the International Relations Committee of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt on 11 June. He concluded: “With good will (...)
The first training course for least-developed countries (LDCs) to have simultaneous interpretation in English and French got under way at the WTO on 11 June 2018. A total of 29 government officials from 24 LDCs across the world are participating in the five-day course entitled “Priority Issues (...)
WTO members in the Negotiating Group on Rules on 11-14 June held their second cluster of meetings on fisheries subsidies this year, where they exchanged views and information on subsidies for fishing in overexploited stocks. Members also updated the current negotiating texts with a streamlined (...)