Participants in the WTO’s Information Technology Agreement (ITA) met on 28 June to discuss implementation issues related to the ITA and to report on work in the area of non-tariff measures. They also commended the discussions that took place during the ITA symposium commemorating the 20th (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo today (27 June) confirmed the appointment of the Deputy Directors-General who will serve with him during his second term, which begins on 1 September 2017.
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the ITA, the WTO launched a new publication today (27 June) entitled “20 Years of the Information Technology Agreement: Boosting trade, innovation and digital connectivity”. The publication describes how this agreement has evolved over the past two decades (...)
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 (...)