Canada is contributing CAD 200,000 (approximately CHF 150,000) to the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) in 2017 to help developing countries comply with international food safety, animal and plant health standards and therefore access agricultural markets more easily. The donation (...)
The ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, spoke at a debate on the future of work hosted in Rome by Italy's Ministry of Labour: "Il Lavoro che cambia. Digitalizzazione, automazione e futuro del lavoro". It is one of 110 national debates taking place around the world, which will channel (...)
Work to complete Australia’s accession to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) has intensified and is nearing final stages. The accessions of the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan to the Agreement are advancing steadily as well, informal discussions in the Committee on Government (...)
Speaking at the International Forum on Women and Trade in Brussels on 20 June, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said that the playing field needed to be levelled for women around the world so that they can fully seize the benefits of (...)
It is through you, as parliamentarians, that we hear the voices of the people that we are here to serve, said Director-General Roberto Azevêdo in an address to the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade in Brussels on 20 June. He highlighted that the WTO has developed a strong (...)
The government of Germany is contributing EUR 1 million (approximately CHF 1,100,000) to help developing and least-developed countries (LDCs) enhance their trade negotiating skills. WTO Deputy Director-General Yonov Frederick Agah met with Germany’s Alternate Ambassador to the WTO, Walter (...)
The WTO has opened the accreditation process for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) wishing to attend the Eleventh Ministerial Conference, which will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 10 to 13 December 2017.
At the 20 June meeting of the Committee on Trade and Environment, several WTO members highlighted the importance of global efforts to better manage the world’s oceans and marine resources, to address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and to negotiate an outcome on fisheries (...)
At its meeting on 19 June, the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) agreed to the establishment of two new dispute panels: one to review a complaint filed by Turkey against US countervailing duties on imports of Turkish steel pipes and tubes; and the second to review Colombia’s compliance with an (...)