The fourth review of the trade policies and practices of Honduras takes place on 12 and 14 July 2023. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Honduras.
WTO members discussed how to better integrate developing economies and least-developed countries (LDCs) into the global trading system at a meeting of the Committee on Trade and Development on 11 July.
WTO members taking part in the Trade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions (TESSD) on 11 July considered possible outcomes to promote opportunities for environmentally sustainable trade for delivery by the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) to be held in February 2024. Members (...)
The deadline for submitting nominations for the Youth Trade Summit on Gender, to be held at the WTO’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, has been extended to 12 September. Research and governmental institutions are invited to nominate candidates aged 20-35 to participate in the Summit to be (...)
The chair of the fisheries subsidies negotiations, Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson of Iceland, on 10 July opened the fourth of a series of “Fish Weeks” with the aim of seeking WTO members’ views on what elements from the various documents before members, including new proposals, would form the best (...)
At a meeting of the Council for Trade in Goods on 6-7 July, WTO members discussed how the Council should move forward in implementing some of the outcomes of the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) related to improving the functioning of the Council and its subsidiary bodies. The Goods Council (...)
A total of twenty-five government officials from 15 WTO members completed on 7 July an eight-week regional trade policy course for Latin American countries in Mexico City. Delivering the virtual closing remarks, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala expressed hope that the skills that (...)
International symposium highlighted progress made on sustainably financed social protection in 24 countries, and highlighted movements towards universal social protection.
At a heads of delegation meeting on 6 July, participants in the e-commerce talks reaffirmed their commitment to a substantial conclusion of the negotiations by the end of 2023, with development issues at the heart of the future outcome. Flexibility, pragmatism and urgency are what is needed to (...)
WTO members participating in the talks on investment facilitation for development (IFD) announced on 6 July the conclusion of the negotiations on the text of the Agreement following three years of intense text-based negotiations amongst over 110 delegations at all levels of development. The (...)