Thailand deposited its instrument of acceptance for the 2005 protocol amending the WTO’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) on 28 January 2016, becoming the third WTO member to do so in 2016. Thailand accepted the amendment after several years of debate at (...)
Twenty-four participants from around the world are attending a two-month Advanced Trade Policy Course (ATPC) from 18 January to 11 March 2016 at the WTO’s headquarters in Geneva. The course was opened by H.E. Dr Walter Werner, Ambassador to the WTO, Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of (...)
At its meeting on 25 January, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) agreed to launch a selection process to replace Ms Yuejiao Zhang, whose second four-year term of office will expire on 31 May 2016.
Attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo welcomed the positive mood about the WTO’s work following the successful conclusion to negotiations at the Nairobi Ministerial Conference in December. “People are optimistic about the WTO, and excited to work more (...)
چین در اول ماه دسامبر سال گذشته میلادی / 2015، ریاست دوره ای گروه 20 / جی 20 را از ترکیه تحویل گرفته است. نشست وزرای کار و اشتغال کشورهای گروه 20 در ماه جولای امسال /2016 و نشست رهبران گروه 20 در ماه سپتامبر امسال / 2016، هر دو در دو شهر مختلف چین، برگزار خواهد شد. ای-او-یی نیز مانند گذشته با مشارکت خود به مباحث مربوطه از دیدگاه (...)
These statistical profiles show the value-added content in an economy’s exports, its participation in global value chains and the contribution of services to the value-added content of exports. They also cover trade in intermediate goods and services, trade facilitation and foreign direct (...)
Colombia filed a notice of appeal on 22 January 2016 regarding the panel report in “Colombia – Measures Relating to the Importation of Textiles, Apparel and Footwear” (WT/DS461/R).
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 25 January 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 (...)
Mali has ratified the new Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), becoming the 10th African nation to do so. Mali has also accepted an amendment to the TRIPS Agreement aimed at facilitating access to essential medicines in poor countries that was adopted in (...)
While technology enters its next golden age, the percentage of adults working or looking for work is the lowest in almost 40 years in countries such as the United States. Is the Fourth Industrial Revolution failing the middle (...)