WTO members were urged on 3 March to start preparing for the entry into force of the new Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) by notifying to the WTO what their technical assistance and capacity-building needs are, and how much time they will need to ensure effective implementation of the (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo concluded his two-day visit to Jordan today, after a series of meetings with senior government and private sector representatives. The Director-General’s discussions focused on the support that trade and the WTO can provide to Jordan to help improve the lives of (...)
پس از قرارداد تاریخی ایران و گروه ۵+۱ در ژنو در تاریخ ۲۴ نوامبر سال ۲۰۱۵ میلادی، مقامات و هیأت های بزرگ اقتصادی و تجاری از کشورهای سوئیس، هلند، فرانسه، آلمان، ایتالیا، کره حنوبی، چین، و بسیاری دیگر کشورها به ایران سرازیر شدند تا بستر لازم برای بهره گیری از فرصت های بالقوه و فراوان اقتصادی و تجاری در ایران را برای خود فراهم آورند. در (...)
Paraguay has become the second South American nation to ratify the WTO’s new Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). Eladio Loizaga, Paraguay’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, presented his country’s instrument of acceptance to WTO Deputy Director-General Yi Xiaozhun on 1 (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo started a brief visit to the Middle East today (1 March) with a series of meetings with senior government and private sector representatives in Qatar. His meetings focused on the role that trade and the WTO can play in supporting Qatar’s continued economic (...)
Discrimination at the workplace is still a daily reality for millions of LGBT people around the world. But, as an ILO project in Asia reveals, everybody shares its negative consequences.
At its meeting on 26 February, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) appointed South African Ambassador Xavier Carim as the new chair. At the same meeting, several reports on the implementation of recommendations and rulings of the DSB were submitted by WTO (...)
In his report to the General Council on 24 February as chair of the Trade Negotiations Committee, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo urged WTO members to “deepen their dialogue with each other” about how to advance the work of the WTO and to build on the recent success of the Ministerial Conference (...)
On 24 February 2016, the WTO issued the panel report in the case brought by the United States regarding “India – Certain Measures Relating to Solar Cells and Solar Modules” (WT/DS/456).