ILO-led Green Jobs Programme in Zambia is expected to create 5,000 new green jobs by 2017 thanks to a partnership between the government and the construction sector.
Deputy Director-General David Shark, in opening the Third China Round Table on WTO Accessions in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on 2 June, told participants that “with your support, the WTO is on the threshold of concluding three more accessions this year – Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and (...)
Twenty-six participants from around the world are attending a two-month Advanced Trade Policy Course (ATPC) from 1 June until 23 July 2015 at the WTO headquarters in Geneva.
The sixth review of the trade policies and practices of India takes place on 2 and 4 June 2015. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of India.
The deadline for submitting proposals for the WTO’s Public Forum has been extended to 19 June 2015. This year’s Forum, whose theme is “Trade Works”, will be held at the WTO’s headquarters in Geneva from 30 September to 2 October.
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo convened a meeting of all WTO members in Geneva today (1 June) to discuss the current state of play in negotiations on the work programme to advance the remaining issues of the Doha Development Agenda. Members agreed in November 2014 to agree a work programme by (...)
Viet Nam notified the WTO Secretariat on 1 June 2015 that it has initiated new dispute proceedings against Indonesia regarding Indonesia’s imposition of a safeguard measure on imports of flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, in launching the WTO book “A History of Law and Lawyers in the GATT/WTO” on 1 June, said that “it was the existence of our efficient and effective dispute settlement mechanism that helped us to curb potentially disastrous protectionist forces during a dangerous (...)