An Advanced Course for the chairs of National Committees on Trade Facilitation took place from 30 January to 10 February at the WTO headquarters to help prepare the participants for the implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). It was attended by 23 government officials from 20 (...)
Indonesia filed a notice of appeal on 10 February 2017 in the case “European Union – Anti Dumping Measures on Imports of Certain Fatty Alcohols from Indonesia” (DS442).
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo told a meeting of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi on 9 February that a number of trade issues of interest to India’s economy were under discussion at the WTO, ahead of the 11th Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires this December. He drew (...)
On 8 February, Brazil notified the WTO Secretariat that it had requested WTO dispute consultations with Canada regarding alleged subsidies provided to Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier.
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 17 February 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 (...)
جناب آقای مهندس اسحاق جهانگیری معاون اول رئیس جمهور در نامهای به کلیه وزراتخانهها، سازمانها، مؤسسات و شرکتهای دولتی، نهادهای انقلاب اسلامی و استانداریها سراسر کشور، با اشاره به ماده ۲ و ۳ قانون بهبود مستمر محیط کسب و کار، آنان را مکلف کرد که نظر تشکلهای ذیربط را هنگام اخذ تصمیمهای مختلف مورد توجه قرار دهند. خاطر نشان میشود این (...)
WTO members expressed unanimous support for the resumption of Sudan’s WTO membership negotiations at the 3rd meeting of the Working Party on the country’s accession held on 31 January 2017 – 13 years after its last formal meeting.
The Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) met on 30 January to mark the entry into force of the first amendment to WTO rules since the organization was established. The amendment secures a legal pathway to ease access to affordable medicines in developing (...)