China has become the 16th WTO member to formally accept the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). Ambassador Jianhua Yu submitted China’s instrument of acceptance of the TFA to WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo on 4 September.
On 4 September 2015, Viet Nam notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it initiated on 1 September 2015 a safeguard investigation on monosodium glutamate.
“A weak economic recovery continues to weigh heavily on G20 labour markets, while the persistent lack of decent jobs is in turn hurting the recovery,” said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, who’s taking part in the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meeting and their joint meeting with G20 Finance (...)
On 3 September, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo notified the WTO membership that Chinese Taipei has formally accepted the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA).
The government of Australia has contributed AUD 100,000 (CHF 67,750) to support the participation of least-developed countries (LDCs) in the tenth WTO Ministerial Conference, which will take place on 15-18 December 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Ministerial Conference — the WTO’s top decision-making (...)
Belize and Switzerland have become the 13th and 14th WTO members to ratify the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). Both countries submitted their instrument of acceptance of the TFA to the WTO secretariat on 2 September.
The Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), on 31 August, established a panel to examine the complaint brought by Indonesia against the European Union over anti-dumping measures on biodiesel from Indonesia. Another three requests for a panel were initially rejected by the (...)