The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 16 January 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 (...)
Typhoon Haiyan killed 8,000 and affected nearly 16 million people across the Philippines. And while Tacloban City sustained the most destruction, other more remote places also suffered heavy damage. Lives and livelihoods, infrastructure and services were all lost on the vacation island of (...)
On 6 January 2015, Viet Nam filed a Notice of Appeal regarding the panel report on “United States – Anti Dumping Measures on Certain Shrimp from Viet Nam” (WT/DS429).
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, noting that the WTO will commemorate its 20th anniversary in 2015, said: “Over the years the WTO has helped to boost trade growth, resolve numerous trade disputes and support developing countries to integrate into the trading system. It has also provided a (...)
Korea notified the WTO Secretariat on 22 December 2014 of a request for consultations with the United States regarding certain anti-dumping measures on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Korea and the investigation underlying such (...)
Although there are more than 52 million domestic workers world-wide, including more than 21 million in Asia Pacific, only a small minority are covered by general labour laws. This lack of protection leaves them vulnerable to – sometimes terrible – abuse and exploitation. Journalist Karen Emmons (...)
The European Union notified the WTO Secretariat on 19 December 2014 of a request for consultations with the United States regarding conditional tax incentives offered by the US State of Washington to commercial airplane manufacturers that are allegedly conditioned on local content requirements (...)
The Dispute Settlement Body, on 19 December, adopted the report of the Appellate Body in the case “US – Countervailing measures on certain hot-rolled steel flat products from India” (DS436).
Margherita Licata and Kofi Amekudzi, Technical Specialists ILOAIDS, discuss the successes of ILO's work to combat HIV in the workplace for lessons that could be applied in containing other diseases such as the Ebola outbreak in West (...)