Several members raised issue with Argentina’s new law that offers tax incentives to automakers that give preference to the use of local auto parts, at a meeting of the WTO Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures on 17 October 2016. Such ‘local content requirements’ may run counter to (...)
Advances in digital connectivity are rapidly changing the landscape of trade in services, speakers at an 17 October workshop at the WTO said, noting some steps that could be taken to help members improve their competitiveness.
The Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on 14 October adopted an Appellate Body (AB) report, which upheld an earlier panel’s findings that India’s domestic content requirements for solar cells and modules were inconsistent with WTO rules.
The European Union filed a notice of appeal today, 13 October, challenging a WTO compliance panel’s findings in the dispute “European Communities and Certain Member States — Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft – Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by the United States.” The compliance (...)
The seventh review of the trade policies and practices of the Republic of Korea takes place on 11 and 13 October 2016. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of the Republic of (...)
Twenty-three government officials from least-developed countries (LDCs) in Africa, Asia and the Pacific are participating in the WTO’s intermediate course in English for LDCs. Entitled “Enhancing LDC Participation in the Multilateral Trading System”, the course runs from 10 to 14 October 2016 at (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 14 October 2016, 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 (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo delivered the keynote speech, entitled “Towards a More Inclusive Trading System”, at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on 7 October.