The Chair of the WTO’s 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) told the organization’s members on 19 October they need to decide very soon which issues can be resolved at the conference and which require further work.
Ukraine has requested WTO consultations with Russia regarding Russian measures affecting trade in certain products such as juice, alcoholic beverages, confectionery and wallpaper from Ukraine. The request was circulated to WTO members on 19 (...)
The WTO Committee on Government Procurement agreed on 18 October to grant observer status to Afghanistan and Brazil. Members welcomed Afghanistan’s commitment to seek eventual accession to the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). Some also expressed hopes that Brazil might, in the future, (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo attended a meeting of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States’ Ministerial Trade Committee in Brussels on 18 October to discuss preparations for the WTO’s Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires in December. He provided a round-up of recent (...)
با سلام و احترام به اطلاع کلیه اعضای محترم کانون عالی میرساند که آگهی مجمع عمومی و انتخابات کانون عالی انجمن های صنفی کارفرمایی ایران (کعاصکا) در صفحه ۱۱ روزنامه اطلاعات روز یکشنبه ۲۳ مهر ۱۳۹۶ به شرح زیر چاپ گردیده است که جهت بهره برداری مقتضی تقدیم می گردد: کانون عالی انجمن های صنفی کارفرمایی ایران مجمع عمومی عادی به اطلاع کلیه تشکل (...)
The Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) was launched at the U.N. General Assembly in September 2017. Manuela Tomei, Director of the ILO's WorkQuality department, explains what the coalition aims to achieve and why it is important to address the gender pay (...)
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the WTO announced today (17 October) that a proposal submitted by the Union of Chambers of Commerce of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is the second to be selected under the Small Business Champions initiative. The proposal sets out a (...)
The Republic of Korea is contributing USD 350,000 (over CHF 330,000) to help developing countries and least-developed countries (LDCs) enhance their trade negotiating skills and participate more effectively in global trade negotiations.
High-level representatives from Benin, Cambodia, Haiti, Lao PDR and Viet Nam are attending a meeting from 17 to 19 October in Seam Reap, Cambodia, to discuss preparations for the WTO’s 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) in Buenos Aires at the end of the year. The event for Francophone countries (...)
Speaking at the Global Services Summit in Washington D.C. on 17 October 2017, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo highlighted that trade in services accounts for almost 50 per cent of world trade today. He said that updating rules for trade in services is one of a wide range of issues currently (...)