Including persons with disabilities as employees, customers and business partner is clearly the smart thing to do from a business point of view. Yet, while companies increasingly recognize the benefits of building and retaining diverse workforces, they often neglect disability in their (...)
Canada has requested WTO consultations with the United States regarding US anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed on imports of softwood lumber from Canada. The requests were circulated to WTO members on 30 November.
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo welcomed Prime Minister Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga of Mali to the WTO on 29 November. The two discussed the concerns of Mali and the other “Cotton Four” (C4) countries regarding cotton subsidies, development issues and the WTO’s upcoming 10-13 December Ministerial (...)
According to new data presented in the World Social Protection Report 2017/19: Universal social protection to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals , only 45 per cent of the global population is effectively covered by at least one social benefit, while the remaining 55 per cent– 4 billion (...)
The ILO’s World Social Protection Report 2017-19 provides recent data on social protection systems around the world, and monitors progress towards achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. It shows that more efforts are needed to extend coverage in many countries, but achieving universal (...)
The United Kingdom Government is contributing GBP 100,000 (approximately CHF 132,000) to help least-developed countries (LDCs) participate in the eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11), which will take place on 10-13 December 2017 in Buenos Aires, (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 4 December 2017, of the Dispute Settlement Body, which consists of all WTO members and oversees legal disputes among them. The meeting notice is circulated in the form of a document (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo thanked the first participants in the WTO Young Professionals Programme on 27 November for their hard work and contributions as they wrapped up their one-year placement at the WTO. The group said their “eye-opening” experience has “equipped us with the capacity to (...)