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.
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 (...)