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 (...)
Twenty-two government officials from least-developed countries (LDCs) in Africa, Asia and the Pacific are taking part in a course entitled “Priority Issues for LDCs in the Multilateral Trading System” at the WTO from 19 to 23 June 2017. This course, which has been specifically designed for LDCs, (...)
Speaking at a workshop on trade and climate change held at the WTO on 19 June, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said that the WTO has an important role to play in examining the growing policy links between trade and climate change. For the WTO to play its full part, he said, “members must (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 19 June 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 (...)
At the request of the United States in the dispute United States – Conditional Tax Incentives for Large Civil Aircraft (DS487), the Appellate Body Division in these appellate proceedings has authorized observation of the oral hearing by WTO members and the general public via delayed broadcast. (...)