WTO members exchanged views on two recent proposals for possible areas of agreement in agriculture at the WTO’s Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, at an informal meeting of agriculture negotiators on 18 November. Differences remain among members on the way (...)
UN Chief Executives Board endorses Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth, which ILO Director-General hails as exemplary system-wide effort for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Panama has become the 52nd WTO member to ratify the new Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). The WTO Secretariat received the country’s instrument of acceptance on 17 November.
The second review of the trade policies and practices of Jordan takes place on 17 and 19 November 2015. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Jordan.
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo briefed G20 leaders at their meeting in Antalya, Turkey, today (16 November) on preparations for the WTO’s 10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi next month. In their communiqué, the leaders gave a strong call for the WTO to deliver in Nairobi and to implement all (...)
Members meeting as the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) discussed two trade agreements on 16 November 2015 and also heard a detailed update on pending work to further address the backlog in the Committee’s output.
The government of Germany is contributing EUR 150,000 (CHF 162,279) to the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) in 2015. The objective of this facility is to help developing countries and least-developed countries (LDCs) establish and implement sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) (...)
WTO members negotiating Afghanistan’s accession agreed by consensus, ad referendum, on the terms of the country’s WTO membership on 11 November 2015, paving the way for the ninth least-developed country to join the organization since 1995. Afghanistan’s Accession Package will be submitted to (...)