On 16 May the WTO Appellate Body issued its report in the case ““European Union — Countervailing Duties on Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate from Pakistan” (DS486)
The WTO, in close collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), is holding its annual Workshop on Trade and Public Health, in Geneva from 8 to 12 October 2018. The deadline to submit applications is 8 June (...)
At the 10th meeting of the Working Party on the Accession of Belarus held on 15 May, WTO members stressed their commitment to working towards the country’s WTO accession and urged Minsk to take appropriate policy decisions in order to make a decisive push forward. The meeting was the third since (...)
On 15 May the WTO’s Appellate Body issued its report in the case “European Communities and Certain Member States — Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft — Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU” (DS316)
According to the ILO report "World Employment and Social Outlook 2018: Greening with Jobs", action to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius will result in sufficient job creation to more than offset job losses of 6 million (...)
With digital technologies playing an increasingly important role in both food production and distribution, the WTO’s rule-based system provides ample space for policies to improve access to information and knowledge on farm trade, Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff said on 14 May. Speaking at (...)
Twenty-four million new "green jobs" could be created worldwide using environmentally sustainable practices, according to the ILO's report, “World Employment and Social Outlook 2018: Greening with Jobs”. In a global context of wage growth stagnation, increasing income inequality and (...)