The call for research papers has opened for the second World Trade Congress on Gender, to be held at the WTO on 24-27 June 2025, under the theme “Gender Equality and Innovation — the Keys to Sustainable Trade”. Jointly organized by the WTO, the WTO Gender Research Hub and UN Women, the second (...)
A customs valuation workshop taking place in Geneva from 22 to 24 May brought together 26 government officials from developing and least-developed WTO members. The participants benefited from guidance on preparing their government’s pending notifications to the WTO Committee on Customs Valuation (...)
At a meeting of the Committee on Agriculture on 23-24 May, WTO members reviewed the progress of various issues under the Committee’s work mandate, as well as high-interest topics such as food security, technology transfer and transparency. Members also continued the regular peer review of each (...)
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 (...)