Trade leads to productivity gains and significant benefits for consumers, especially the poor, but can also be responsible for job displacement that must be addressed through sound domestic policies that can help the unemployed get back on their feet, say economists from the World Trade (...)
The government of Finland is contributing CHF 48,000 to support the participation of least-developed countries (LDCs) in the eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11), which will take place on 10-13 December 2017 in Buenos Aires, (...)
The first Regional Trade Policy Course of 2017 started on 3 April in Almaty, Kazakhstan, for Central Eastern European, Central Asian and Caucasus (CEECAC) members and observers of the WTO. The course is being organized in partnership with the University of International Business in Almaty and (...)
Speaking at the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder talked about the impact of slowing economic growth on the goal to achieve decent work for all.
After several months of intense discussion, a group of business representatives from around the world issued two sets of recommendations on business priorities for the WTO. Their recommendations cover areas such as services, investment, market access, e-commerce and small and medium-sized (...)
The sixth review of the trade policies and practices of Mexico takes place on 5 and 7 April 2017. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Mexico.
روز ۲۲ مارس ۲۰۱۷، گروه کسب و کار گروه ۲۰، تحت ریاست آلمان، نشست مشترکی با حضور کارگروههای مختلف و نمایندگان سازمان همکاریهای اقتصادی و توسعه، کمیته مشورتی کسب و کار و صنعت برگزار کردند و آقای فونس دو ریوجا ریاست محترم سازمان بینالمللی کارفرمایان نیز در آن شرکت داشت. متن زیر، خلاصه سخنرانی آقای فونس دو ریوجا در این نشست است که وب (...)
The WTO has issued a call for proposals for this year’s Public Forum, whose theme is “Trade: Behind the Headlines”. Participants interested in organizing sessions at the Forum on 26-28 September are invited to submit their proposals by 4 June (...)
WTO members discussed the relationship between trade facilitation provisions in regional trade agreements (RTAs) and the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) at the 3-4 April meeting of the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements.
At its special meeting on 3 April, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) agreed to the establishment of two new dispute panels: one to review a complaint filed by China against the European Union’s measures related to price comparison methodologies in anti-dumping investigations; and the second to (...)