The WTO is organizing a Regional Workshop on Trade and Public Health, in Rabat, from 28 to 30 May 2024 for government officials from WTO members and observers from French-speaking Africa. Officials can submit applications until Wednesday 3 April (...)
At a meeting of the Committee on Market Access (CMA) on 25-26 March, members agreed on a timetable for thematic sessions in 2024 focusing on supply chain resilience and on how to promote a greener Harmonized System (HS), the system used to classify traded goods, in collaboration with the World (...)
On 26 March, the WTO circulated the panel report in the case brought by China in “Australia — Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty Measures on Certain Products from China” (DS603).
Welcoming the decision on LDC graduation reached at the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference, WTO members shared experiences at a meeting of the Sub-Committee on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) on 25 March on how to support LDCs as they graduate from the LDC category. “It is very encouraging to see (...)
WTO members made progress with the Sixth Review of the Operation and Implementation of the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) and addressed a high number of trade concerns at a meeting of the SPS Committee on 20-22 March. Members also took (...)
The Government of Canada is contributing CAD 250,000 (approximately CHF 160,000) to the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) to help developing economies and least developed countries (LDCs) meet international food safety, animal and plant health standards for (...)
The WTO General Council, on 22 March 2024, noted consensus on a slate of names of chairpersons for WTO bodies. The General Council decided that consultations on a candidate for the Chair of the Committee on Trade in Services will continue under the leadership of the new General Council Chair, (...)
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the WTO welcome applications for the WIPO-WTO Executive Programme on Intellectual Property Issues for Senior Government Officials. The activity will take place from 3 to 14 June 2024. The application deadline is 10 April (...)
Speaking at the formal meeting of the WTO’s General Council on 21 March, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala commended members for concluding a package of 10 outcomes at the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) and urged them to deliver results on the remaining issues as soon as (...)