At a meeting held on 26 February, the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) took stock of progress in various formats to galvanize work on the trade-and-environment nexus, with particular emphasis on trade and climate measures. They also considered next steps, including enhancing (...)
Global value chains are the backbone of the world economy, even at a time when they are undergoing structural and policy-driven changes in the face of a rapidly changing global environment.
At the Committee on Trade Facilitation meeting on 25 February 2026, WTO members advanced work on the second review of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), discussed technical assistance coordination and continued experience-sharing (...)
The Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) agreed at its meeting on 24 February to a request from China for the establishment of a panel to review certain measures imposed by India in the automotive and renewable energy sectors. The United States notified its decision to appeal the panel report in a (...)
Members of the Informal Working Group on Trade and Gender held the first of a series of thematic discussions for 2026 on 20 February with the first meeting focusing on mainstreaming the topic of trade and gender in the work of WTO bodies in line with the group's 2025-2026 Work Plan. Members (...)
A high-level event on women and trade will be held on the margins of the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 25 March to bring together women entrepreneurs, development partners and WTO members. Registration for the event - which will feature the work of the WTO Informal (...)
At a series of meetings held from 18 to 20 February, the WTO Council for Trade in Services and its subsidiary bodies discussed ways to strengthen information-sharing to reinvigorate the Council's work. They also discussed how to facilitate remittance transfers and to improve the classification (...)
WTO members agreed on 17 February on a draft decision for approval at the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in March on improving the integration of small economies into the world trading system. Adopted at a meeting of the Committee on Trade and Development's Dedicated Session on Small (...)
At a meeting on 16 February, WTO members participating in the Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform (FFSR) initiative continued exploring new approaches to reforming fossil fuel subsidies and examining the effects of subsidies provided to emissions-intensive sectors. Members reaffirmed the importance of (...)
The fourth review of the trade policies and practices of Papua New Guinea takes place on 11 and 13 February 2026. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Papua New Guinea.