At the eighth meeting of the Working Party on the Accession of Uzbekistan on 24 May, members commended Uzbekistan for its efforts in implementing the necessary reforms for accession and highlighted areas still requiring action. Uzbekistan reiterated its commitment to joining the WTO and (...)
The new disciplines on services domestic regulation which entered into force at the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in February for 45 WTO members have taken legal effect for four more members — Albania, Canada, El Salvador and the Republic of Korea. The disciplines have the potential to (...)
The European Union and Australia affirmed their intention to implement recent WTO panel rulings regarding EU measures concerning palm oil and biofuels from Malaysia and Australian duties on Chinese imports at a meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on 24 May. China also reported to the (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 24 May 2024, 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 (...)
At a webinar hosted by Deputy Director-General Johanna Hill on 16 May, experts from the WTO, World Bank, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, and Inter-American Development Bank discussed ways to help Latin America and the Caribbean take advantage of the opportunities (...)
The Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology discussed on 15 May members’ proposals on future topics for discussion and brainstormed on how to inject new energy into finding ways to increase flows of technology to developing economies. Members elected Ambassador Raimondas Ališauskas of (...)
Following consultations with WTO members, the new facilitator of the dispute settlement reform process, Ambassador Usha Dwarka-Canabady of Mauritius, on 14 May reported to heads of delegations (HoDs) how work will proceed in the coming months to meet the commitment to have a fully and (...)
Electric vehicles (EVs) are radically transforming the transport sector, redefining the automotive market, and reshaping global trade in transport equipment. By the end of 2023, EVs accounted for more than a third of all car imports in value (...)
Mauritius deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on 13 May, advancing the tally of formal acceptances to 75. Ambassador Usha Chandnee Dwarka-Canabady presented Mauritius’s instrument of acceptance to Director-General Ngozi (...)
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on 13 May. Ambassador Latsamy Keomany presented Lao PDR’s instrument of acceptance to Director-General Ngozi (...)