Roberto Azevêdo marked the start of his second term as WTO Director-General today (1 September), focusing on the challenges facing the trading system and stressing the importance of the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11), which will take place in Buenos Aires in December this year. His term (...)
On 1 September, Indonesia requested WTO consultations with Australia regarding Australia’s decision to impose anti-dumping duties on imports of A4 copy paper from Indonesia, and the investigation and determination leading to the imposition of the duties. Indonesia charges that Australia’s actions (...)
The United States and Brazil, respectively, requested the establishment of dispute panels to examine China’s administration of its tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for certain agricultural goods and support provided by Canada to the Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier. Members once again were (...)
On 30 August the European Union filed an appeal regarding the panel report in “European Union – Countervailing Measures on Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate from Pakistan” (DS486). The panel circulated its report on 6 July.
On 30 August 2017 the WTO issued the panel reports in the cases brought by the European Union and Japan in “Brazil – Certain Measures Concerning Taxation And Charges” (DS472 and DS497).
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo discussed how trade and the WTO could help boost Brazil’s competitiveness during his visit to the country beginning on 23 August for a series of meetings with high-level government officials and private sector (...)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya, the University of Nairobi and the WTO opened the first Regional Dialogue on WTO Accessions for the Greater Horn of Africa on 28 August in Nairobi, with the focus on regional integration and strengthening the multilateral trading system. The Regional (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 31 August 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 officially (...)
On 21 August, the Prime Minister of Sweden and the President of Mauritius will launch the high-level Global Commission on the Future of Work, the second stage in the ILO’s Future of Work Initiative.
The Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Löfven and the President of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, along with the ILO Director-General Guy Ryder launched a Global Commission on the Future of Work today at the International Labour Organization’s headquarters in Geneva, (...)