WTO | 2023 News items
The purpose of the workshop is to share perspectives and build participants’ skill-set on current issues concerning the interface of government procurement, trade, development and good governance. Participants will be able to familiarize themselves with recent developments concerning the GPA 2012 and the WTO Committee on Government Procurement, More...
DG Okonjo-Iweala receives honour from government of Brazil
Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was honoured by the government of Brazil on 10 March, receiving the Order of Rio Branco, which recognizes Brazilian and foreign citizens whose accomplishments have contributed More...
WTO | 2023 Press Releases – Canada commits CAD700,000 to strengthen developing countries’ food safety systems
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said: “I thank Canada for this contribution and its long-standing partnership with the STDF. The funds received will continue to support the STDF’s pioneering More...
Cooperation on standards at WTO could speed up steel sector decarbonization: Trade Forum
As the steel industry works towards carbon-neutral production, the WTO can help lower costs and reduce potential trade fragmentation by facilitating coherence and transparency in decarbonization standards. That More...
Combat inequality amid global upheavals, Okonjo-Iweala and Lagarde urge on Women’s Day
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on 8 March highlighted the importance of continuing to strive for gender equality amid global pressures in a conversation More...
It is time to boost LDCs’ integration into trading system — DDG Zhang at LDC5 Conference
“LDCs’ trade interests have always been at the forefront of the WTO’s work from the 1st to the 12th Ministerial Conference,” said Deputy Director-General Xiangchen Zhang in his keynote address to a thematic More...
WTO | 2023 News items
In addressing the first General Council meeting of 2023, the Director-General said leaders, ministers and other stakeholders she met during her recent outreach appealed to the WTO to “work towards delivering More...
DDG Ellard emphasizes importance of achieving outcomes at MC13 to reinvigorate WTO
Deputy Director-General Angela Ellard participated on 1 March in a High-Level Round Table on Restoring Multilateralism and Reinvigorating the WTO organized by the American European Community Association in Brussels, More...
WTO welcomes first participation of South Pacific students in Moot Court Competition
A group of students from the University of the South Pacific just finished participating in the East Asia and Oceania Regional Round of the 2023 edition of the John H. Jackson Moot Court competition, which was More...
WTO | 2023 News items
DDG Zhang will join the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, and over 30 UN principals on the eve of the Conference to explore ways for the international community to better support LDCs’ economic More...
