Catégorie : Business

“Trade for Peace has been a part of the WTO’s transformation journey under the leadership of Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to make the multilateral trading system work for the people, including those in states classified as fragile and conflict-affected,” said WTO Deputy Director-General Zhang Xiangchen in his opening remarks. “To deliver this vision, collaboration and partnership …

Members of the WTO elected H.E. Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade of the United Arab Emirates, as Chairperson for the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13), which will take place in Abu Dhabi. The decision was taken at a 24 July meeting of the WTO’s General Council. Members were …

Members also discussed two written submissions by Egypt and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP Group) on the thematic elements of the work programme. They thanked the outgoing coordinator, Marcel Vernooij of the Netherlands, for his chairmanship of the Committee on Agriculture as well as leading the discussions on the food security work programme. …

Speaking at a meeting of the WTO’s Trade Negotiations Committee on 20 July which she chairs, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called on members to use a senior government officials’ meeting to take place in October to “narrow down realistic deliverables” for agreement at the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in early 2024. Acceptance of the Fisheries …

Chair seeks to stimulate discussions The discussion in the negotiating session was based on possible ways forward on two critical negotiating topics (domestic support and public stockholding for food security purposes) that were suggested by the Chair in his note convening trade officials for the meeting. Under each topic, different approaches were put forward, drawing …

The WTO has published its 2023 Annual Report, providing a comprehensive account of the organization’s activities in 2022 and the early part of 2023. The Report looks back at key events over the past year, such as the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12), and WTO work in addressing global challenges, including climate change, the COVID-19 …

The following documents are available: Secretariat report A detailed report written independently by the WTO Secretariat.   Government report A policy statement by the government of the member under review.   From the meeting The Secretariat and Government reports are discussed by the WTO’s full membership in the Trade Policy Review …

The WTO has issued a new print edition of “WTO Dispute Settlement: One-Page Case Summaries”, a biennial publication providing succinct summaries of every panel and Appellate Body report adopted by the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) up to the end of 2022. It also includes summaries of panel reports circulated to WTO members — and …

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. Source link