On 12 February, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) adopted the Appellate Body report on compliance by the European Union in its dispute with China over iron and steel products.
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo convened a meeting of all WTO members today (10 February) to discuss the future work of the organization. It was the first meeting of the full membership since the WTO’s Ministerial Conference in (...)
On 9 February 2016, Thailand notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it initiated on 4 February 2016 a safeguard investigation on structural hot rolled H-Beam with alloy.
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 12 February 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 (...)
The WTO launched on 8 February an invitation to young economists to submit papers for the 2016 WTO Essay Award. The Award aims to promote high-quality research on trade policy and international trade co-operation among young economists and to reinforce the relationship between the WTO and the (...)
The ILO GMS Triangle project has provided counseling and support services to over 60,000 migrant workers across the Greater Mekong Subregion and Malaysia. But understanding if those services were really helping them to realize their rights proved easier said than done. In our latest blog post, (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo has paid tribute today to Brazil’s former Minister of External Relations, Ambassador Luiz Felipe Lampreia, who passed away yesterday in Rio de Janeiro.
The fifth review of the trade policies and practices of Morocco takes place on 2 and 4 February 2016. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Morocco.
The WTO has released new statistical profiles on global value chains (GVCs) for 61 economies. These profiles, available on the WTO website, bring together a set of indicators on trade taking place within GVCs.