The third Advanced Course on Trade in Services took place in Geneva from 9 to 13 October 2017 at WTO headquarters in Geneva. The course was attended by 29 participants from around the world.
The ILO looks at six key ingredients to promote sustainable enterprises and have a win-win situation of high competitiveness and decent work. Find out more in the ILO’s 2017 report: “World Employment and Social Outlook – Sustainable enterprises and jobs: Formal enterprises and decent (...)
Download video coverage of the press briefing to launch the World Employment and Social Outlook 2017 report on sustainable enterprises at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, with additional archive b-roll of skills training and (...)
WTO members meeting as the Negotiating Group on Rules (NGR) on 6 October finished combing through a compilation matrix of seven proposals for an agreement in December at the WTO’s 11th Minsterial Conference (MC11) to limit harmful fisheries subsidies. The members behind the proposals indicated (...)
It will take determination and ambition to shape the future of work, said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder in closing remarks to the ILO's 10th European Regional meeting. The ILO has been an historic architect of change for nearly a century and must continue in that role, ensuring that change (...)
Speaking to the Group of Francophone Ambassadors in Geneva on 4 October about preparations for the 11th Ministerial Conference, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo welcomed the constructive engagement of francophone countries in supporting the multilateral trading system and the process leading to (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo met today (4 October) with the WTO’s Africa Group to discuss preparations for the organization’s 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) which will be held in Buenos Aires, 10-13 December.
WTO members reviewed efforts to implement the Nairobi Decision on preferential rules of origin for least developed countries (LDCs) at a meeting of the Committee on Rules of Origin on 4 October. The Decision aims to facilitate export of LDC goods to both developed and developing countries under (...)
The fifth review of the trade policies and practices of Iceland takes place on 4 and 6 October 2017. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Iceland.
Five WTO members questioned China’s import ban on solid waste, particularly for certain scrap materials, at the 3 October meeting of the WTO Committee on Import Licensing. The United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Korea sought more information on which types of materials would (...)