WTO members were urged at the opening session of the WTO’s Tenth Ministerial Conference in Nairobi on 15 December to crown a successful year of multilateral diplomacy by delivering on a package of trade deals that would benefit the world’s poorest and spur global economic (...)
An arbitrator today (15 December) issued his award regarding the “reasonable period of time” for implementing the recommendations and rulings of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) in the dispute “United States – Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Shrimp from Viet Nam” (WT/DS429/12). The arbitrator (...)
Seven years after the financial crisis, labour markets across the EU are still struggling to bounce back. To understand why, the ILO analysed over 500 anti-crisis policy measures. Here are our conclusions.
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo on Monday (14 December) welcomed the statement of the Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA) chair on the ‘considerable progress’ achieved in just over 18 months, noting that this is an important contribution the international trade community can make to support (...)
The government of Liechtenstein has pledged to donate CHF 40,000 to the WTO’s Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) in 2015 to help developing countries and least-developed countries (LDCs) improve their participation in the Doha Round of trade (...)
Speaking at the Fourth China Round Table in Nairobi on 14 December, Kenya’s President Kenyatta called for a successful outcome at the WTO’s Ministerial Conference starting tomorrow (15 December) so as to improve the welfare of people around the world, particularly in Africa. The Government of (...)
Fifteen donor countries have pledged USD 90 million for Phase Two of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), which is dedicated to helping least-developed countries (LDCs) use trade as a vehicle for economic growth and poverty reduction. The support was confirmed at a Pledging Conference in (...)