In a speech at the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Suva, Fiji, on 21 May 2018, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said that trade and trade policy had a crucial role to play in supporting Fiji and other Pacific Islands to meet the big challenges ahead, ‘whether it’s meeting the urgent (...)
WTO membership assists in ongoing transformations of domestic economies for their own benefit and to improve the net benefits for all, said Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff in an address to the Astana Economic Forum in Kazakhstan on 18 May. Here is his full (...)
WTO members in the Negotiating Group on Rules on 14-17 May held their first substantive cluster of meetings on fisheries subsidies since the 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) in line with their programme of work planned for May to July. Members exchanged views and information on support for (...)
It is vitally important to ensure that bilateral and regional integration arrangements do not fall outside of the global system, but contribute to its advancement, said Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff in an address to the Astana Economic Forum in Kazakhstan on 17 May. Here is what he (...)
The strong rate of trade expansion is likely to continue, while slowing slightly in the second quarter of 2018, according to the WTO’s latest World Trade Outlook Indicator (WTOI) released on 17 May. The WTOI’s current value of 101.8 remains above the baseline value of 100 for the index but below (...)
Korea has requested WTO dispute consultations with the United States regarding US safeguard duties imposed on imports of large residential washers and crystalline silicon photovoltaic products. The requests were circulated to WTO members on 16 (...)
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)