The Committee on Regional Trade Agreements, on 30 March 2015, considered and concluded the oral review of three regional trade agreements covering both goods and services.
Leaders from government, business, civil society and the United Nations met in New York on 30 March to kick off the Economic and Social Council 2015 Integration Segment. This year's event focused on "Achieving sustainable development through employment creation and decent work for (...)
The Goods Council, on 26 March, elected by acclamation its new chair, Ambassador Héctor Casanueva (Chile). It approved a list of new chairs of its subsidiary bodies.
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, in opening the seminar on “Trade Finance in Developing Countries” at the WTO on 26 March 2015, pointed to a recent WTO Secretariat paper that showed trade financing gaps are “the highest in the poorest countries, notably in Africa and Asia”. He said that “lack of (...)
WTO members meeting as the committee dealing with food safety and animal and plant health have agreed to a time out in the efforts of an electronic working group to agree on a working definition of SPS-related private standards after failing to bridge their impasse on the (...)
WTO members meeting as the committee dealing with food safety and animal and plant health have agreed to a time out in the efforts of an electronic working group to agree on a working definition of SPS-related private standards after failing to bridge their impasse on the (...)
The Goods Council, on 26 March, elected by acclamation its new chair, Ambassador Héctor Casanueva (Chile). It approved a list of new chairs of its subsidiary bodies.
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, in opening the seminar on “Trade Finance in Developing Countries” at the WTO on 26 March 2015, pointed to a recent WTO Secretariat paper that showed trade financing gaps are “the highest in the poorest countries, notably in Africa and Asia”. He said that “lack of (...)
The Head of ILO's Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour, Beate Andrees, writes about the new documentary "Food Chains", produced by actress Eva Longoria about the conditions of farmer workers in the United (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, at a reception for participants in the Standards and Development Facility (STDF) meeting at the WTO on 26 March, said that the one of the most frequent issues raised by business people in developing countries are the difficulties they face in meeting required (...)