In opening the Fifth China Round Table on 20 March in Siem Reap, Cambodia’s Prime Minister H.E. Mr Hun Sen called for positive outcomes at the upcoming Buenos Aires Ministerial Conference that would benefit least-developed countries. At the Round Table, the Government of China renewed its (...)
The government of Austria is contributing CHF 200,000 in 2017 to help developing countries and least-developed countries participate effectively in global trade negotiations.
WTO members discussed five new or enhanced proposals to advance services negotiations at meetings of the Working Party on Domestic Regulation and the Services Council on 14-17 March 2017. Four of these proposals aim to ensure that domestic licensing procedures and technical standards do not (...)
Speaking at a 13 March seminar on digital payments and financial inclusion, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said underdeveloped financial and payment systems are hindering the use of electronic commerce as a tool for growth and development. With more than 200 million small firms in emerging (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 21 March 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 (...)
Twenty-four participants from around world recently completed a high-level Advanced Trade Policy Course (ATPC) at the WTO headquarters in Geneva. The two-month course wrapped up on 10 March.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is actively supporting the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) programme by contributing USD 4 million for the implementation of Phase Two of the programme to help least-developed countries (LDCs) gain from global trade and to provide them with a route out of (...)
To mark International Women's Day, the ILO hosted a Facebook live conversation with actor and activist, Eva Longoria Baston. See what she had to say after taking part in the joint ILO/Gallup event on Women and the World of Work, at Gallup headquarters in (...)
The WTO marked International Women’s Day on 8 March 2017 with a programme of events and discussions looking at women’s economic empowerment and how more can be done to promote gender equality within the organization itself. Contributions were heard from staff and from WTO members. (...)