Sixty-six developing country and least-developed country members have now submitted notifications to the WTO outlining which provisions of the new Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) they intend to implement upon entry into force of the (...)
The Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions concluded consultations on Ukraine’s import surcharge adopted for balance-of-payments reasons on 11 June. Although most members considered Ukraine’s measure to be in line with WTO rules, one delegation was not in (...)
Guest of honor of the 104th Session of the International Labour Conference, French President François Hollande advocated for universal mobilization to fight climate change and better ensure application of international labour (...)
Around the world, the effects of climate change are affecting people's lives and livelihoods. Climate change is not only an environmental problem, it's also a social problem. The ILO World of Work Summit sees tackling climate change as a unique opportunity for job creation and economic (...)
Award-winning musician, Pharrell Williams, has called on governments, employers and workers to ensure that green, decent jobs are at the top of the agenda when the world meet at the climate change conference at the end of the (...)
Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Christiana Figueres, wishes attendees of the ILO's World of Work Summit success as they discuss how to open up labour opportunities in our global response to the climate (...)
Kazakhstan finalized the negotiations of its WTO membership terms with WTO members at the Working Party meeting on Kazakhstan’s accession on 10 June. The draft WTO Accession Package will be submitted to members for formal approval ad referendum when the meeting reconvenes on 22 (...)
On 10 June 2015, Morocco notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it initiated on 10 June 2015 a safeguard investigation on paper roll and paper ream.
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 19 June 2015, of the Dispute Settlement Body, which consists of all WTO members and oversees legal disputes among them. The meeting notice is circulated in the form of a document officially (...)