Forty-one members of the World Trade Organization issued a joint statement on 8 May expressing concerns over rising trade tensions and risks of escalating protectionism. The statement, delivered to a meeting of the WTO’s General Council, calls on governments to resolve their differences through (...)
At a meeting of the full WTO membership today (7 May), Director-General Roberto Azevêdo urged members to step up their engagement towards tackling a number of systemic challenges. The Director-General also reported on his recent consultations with members on a range of (...)
WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo met United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today (3 May) to present him with a new WTO report on how trade is contributing to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The meeting took place at the UN Chief Executives Board (...)
The chair of the WTO’s Appellate Body called on WTO members to assume shared responsibility in order to maintain and preserve the trust and credibility that the WTO dispute settlement system in general, and the Appellate Body in particular, have built up over more than twenty (...)
On 2 May 2018, Turkey notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it initiated on 27 April 2018 a safeguard investigation on iron and steel products.
Online registration for the 2018 Public Forum is now open. Under the main theme of “Trade 2030”, the Forum’s sub-themes will be sustainable trade, technology-enabled trade, and a more inclusive trading system. The Forum will be held at the WTO headquarters in Geneva from 2 to 4 (...)
WTO members intensified work to ensure the full implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) at the 2 May meeting of the Committee on Trade Facilitation, which was followed by a dedicated session on technical assistance and support for capacity building. Members also elected a new (...)
The three small business winners of an international video competition launched by Google in partnership with the WTO and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) travelled to Mountain View, California, on 2 May to participate in a ‘master class’ in digital skills for export organized by (...)
Thirty participants from around the world participated in the second Geneva-based Workshop on Import Licensing on 17-20 April. The workshop organized by the Market Access Division in coordination with the Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation was held for developing members, (...)