South Africa deposited its instrument of acceptance for the 2005 protocol amending the WTO’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) on 23 February 2016, becoming the fourth WTO member to do so in (...)
The third review of the trade policies and practices of Fiji takes place on 23 and 25 February 2016. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Fiji. These reports were concluded prior to the devastation caused by the cyclone that hit the (...)
آقای گای رایدر مدیرکل سازمان بینالمللی کار به مناسبت روز جهانی عدالت اجتماعی - ۲۰ فوریه اول اسفند - با صدور اطلاعیهای از تمام دولتها، کارفرمایان و کارگران، نظام بینالمللی، جامعه مدنی و سایر نفعداران کلیدی خواست تا برای تحقق آرمان عدالت اجتماعی که سنگ بنای جوامع صلحآمیز است بیشتر تلاش کنند. برگردان این بیانیه در ادامه تقدیم (...)
عصر روز سهشنبه ۲۷ بهمن ماه ۱۳۹۴ جناب آقای تاپیولا مشاور ویژه مدیرکل سازمان بینالمللی کار (سبک) و جناب آقای کامران فنیزاده معاون محترم دپارتمان مدیریت روابط کار و سهجانبهگرایی سبک با گروهی از اعضای محترم هیأت مدیره کانون عالی انجمنهای صنفی کارفرمایی ایران (کعاصکا) در سالن کنفرانس هیأت مدیره انجمنهای شرکتهای ساختمانی در (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 26 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 (...)
WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo ended his official trip to West Africa today (18 February) with a visit to Dakar, Senegal. He met with President Macky Sall to discuss how the WTO can help the country achieve its development objectives. He also met with the Minister of Trade, Informal (...)
At a meeting of the Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions on 17 February, Ecuador said it has started to dismantle its import surcharge, with the aim of phasing it out completely by the end of June. WTO members remain divided on whether Ecuador’s import surcharge, imposed on (...)
Parties to the WTO’s Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) welcomed on 17 February the progress made in accession talks for Australia, Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic. At a meeting of the GPA Committee, the parties also agreed to give Moldova more time to secure domestic acceptance of its (...)