The WTO has received seven nominations for the appointment of a new Appellate Body member to replace Ms Yuejiao Zhang, whose second four-year term of office expires on 31 May 2016. South African Ambassador Xavier Carim, the chairman of the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), informed (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo visited Argentina on 22-23 March for a series of high-level meetings with government officials and representatives of the private sector. He met with President Mauricio Macri, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Susana Malcorra, the President’s Chief of Cabinet Marcos (...)
WTO members clearly remain interested in achieving results in the negotiations on rules, despite the lack of an outcome in the sector during last December’s Nairobi Ministerial Conference, the chairman of the negotiations said on 22 (...)
The third review of the trade policies and practices of the Maldives takes place on 21 and 23 March 2016. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of the Maldives.
On 18 March 2016, Brazil deposited with the WTO its instrument of acceptance of the protocol on financial services, giving effect to its commitments on financial services. Earlier on the same day, Brazil had announced it was ready to accept the protocol at a meeting of the Council for Trade in (...)
Acceptance of the protocol amending the WTO’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is gaining further momentum. Two least developed countries, Nepal and Tanzania, as well as Ukraine deposited their instruments of acceptance on 11 March, 14 March and 16 March (...)
In his message for World Water Day, Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General and Chair of UN-Water, highlights the situation of the some 1.5 billion people who work in water, many of whom are not recognized for the work they do, nor protected by basic labour (...)
WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo held a series of meetings in Cape Town, South Africa, today to discuss recent WTO agreements and the future work of the organization. He met with the Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Senzeni (...)