Many governments are introducing laws and policies to stimulate responsible business practices, says Emmanuel Julien, Deputy-Director of the ILO's Enterprises Department. The annual Inter-agency Roundtable on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) focuses on how governments are promoting (...)
Smaller economies such as New Zealand can benefit strongly from the platform that the WTO provides for negotiating agriculture, cutting red tape at the border and other issues, and for small and medium-sized enterprises, which do not have the same capacity to overcome barriers such as complex (...)
The WTO launched on 18 November 2014 a discussion forum on trade and development, the topic of the 2014 World Trade Report. The forum is intended to encourage an open discussion of what could be contained within a new generation of trade reforms for facilitating (...)
At the meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body on 18 November 2014, Brazil rejected the request by the European Union for a panel to study the dispute over taxation and charges applied by Brazil to the automobile, information technology and other (...)
The government of Japan has donated CHF 312,019 to the WTO Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund for 2014. This donation will finance a wide range of trade-related technical assistance activities to help developing and least-developed countries (LDCs) to participate effectively in the Doha (...)
Gabon’s top trade official told a meeting of the Council for Trade in Goods on 17 November 2014 that it has concluded negotiations with WTO members on compensation for changes to the country’s tariff commitments resulting from its membership in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (...)
On 17 November 2014, the WTO issued the panel report in the case brought by Viet Nam concerning anti-dumping measures applied by the United States to Vietnamese shrimp (DS429).
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo today welcomed the strong commitment from G-20 Leaders to implement all elements of the Bali Package including preparing as quickly as possible a WTO work programme on the remaining issues of the Doha Development (...)
With global economic growth forecasts down and weak prospects for job creation, ILO Director-General says both weak global demand and supply constraints need to be tackled.
Leaders’ Summit marked by concern that economies might continue to suffer slow growth and recognition that concerted action is needed to make progress on jobs which remain at the centre of public concern.