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Trade Facilitation Agreement marks first anniversary
Saturday, 24 February 2018, 12:39 pm | World Trade Organisation
The Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) marked its first anniversary since its entry into force on 22 February 2017 with WTO members making significant strides towards its implementation. WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said members continue to ... More >>
Davos: WTO - Match words of support for the WTO with deeds
Saturday, 27 January 2018, 11:44 am | World Trade Organisation
Davos: DG Azevêdo calls on members to match words of support for the WTO with deeds More >>
Viet Nam files WTO complaint over US anti-dumping duties
Saturday, 13 January 2018, 11:45 am | World Trade Organisation
Viet Nam has requested WTO consultations with the United States concerning certain US anti-dumping laws, regulations, administrative procedures, practices and methodologies, as well as certain anti-dumping determinations in administrative reviews on fish ... More >>
Canada files WTO complaint over US trade remedy measures
Thursday, 11 January 2018, 11:03 am | World Trade Organisation
Canada has requested WTO consultations with the United States concerning certain laws, regulations and other measures maintained by the US with respect to anti-dumping and countervailing duty proceedings. The request was circulated to WTO members on ... More >>
Peter Sutherland, first WTO Director-General, passes away
Tuesday, 9 January 2018, 11:25 am | World Trade Organisation
Peter Sutherland, the first Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), has passed away in his home city of Dublin. He was 71. More >>
Canada WTO dispute on US softwood lumber duties
Saturday, 2 December 2017, 12:34 pm | World Trade Organisation
Canada has requested WTO consultations with the United States regarding US anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed on imports of softwood lumber from Canada. The requests were circulated to WTO members on 30 November. More >>
Ukraine Files WTO Complaint Over Russian Restrictions
Saturday, 21 October 2017, 12:02 pm | World Trade Organisation
Ukraine has requested WTO consultations with Russia regarding Russian measures affecting trade in certain products such as juice, alcoholic beverages, confectionery and wallpaper from Ukraine. The request was circulated to WTO members on 19 October. > News item: ... More >>
WTO Stresses Growing Importance of Services in Global Trade
Thursday, 19 October 2017, 8:32 am | World Trade Organisation
Speaking at the Global Services Summit in Washington D.C. on 17 October 2017, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo highlighted that trade in services accounts for almost 50 per cent of world trade today. He said that updating rules for trade in services is one of ... More >>
China’s import ban on solid waste queried
Saturday, 7 October 2017, 12:06 pm | World Trade Organisation
Five WTO members questioned China’s import ban on solid waste, particularly for certain scrap materials, at the 3 October meeting of the WTO Committee on Import Licensing. The United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Korea sought ... More >>
Azevêdo Begins Second Term as WTO Director-General
Saturday, 2 September 2017, 12:35 pm | World Trade Organisation
Azevêdo Begins Second Term as Director-General; Sets the Course for Mc11 And Beyond More >>
Indonesian Duties on Certain Iron Or Steel Products
Saturday, 19 August 2017, 12:15 pm | World Trade Organisation
On 18 August a WTO dispute panel issued a report in the cases brought by Viet Nam and Chinese Taipei in “Indonesia — Safeguard on Certain Iron or Steel Products” (DS490 and 496). More >>
Qatar Files WTO Complaints
Saturday, 5 August 2017, 2:55 pm | World Trade Organisation
Qatar has requested WTO dispute consultations with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia concerning measures adopted by the three countries which allegedly restrict trade in goods and services from Qatar, and trade-related intellectual property ... More >>
WTO issues annual flagship statistical publications
Saturday, 29 July 2017, 1:21 pm | World Trade Organisation
The World Trade Statistical Review 2017 opens with an overview of world trade developments over the past ten years. This is followed by an analysis of world trade in 2016 and an assessment of the trade outlook for 2017. The publication highlights global trends ... More >>
Goods negotiations restart, members divided
Saturday, 22 July 2017, 3:14 pm | World Trade Organisation
WTO members on Friday (21 July) took up a proposal which proponents said would facilitate the participation of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in global trade by establishing rules to bring about greater transparency and access to information ... More >>
WTO Records Moderate Rise in G20 Trade Restrictions
Saturday, 1 July 2017, 3:11 pm | World Trade Organisation
WTO Records Moderate Rise in G20 Trade Restrictions The WTO’s seventeenth monitoring report on Group of 20 (G20) trade measures, issued on 30 June, shows that trade restrictions in G20 economies have risen at a moderate rate similar to that of previous years, ... More >>
US files WTO complaint against Chinese aluminium subsidies
Saturday, 14 January 2017, 10:53 pm | World Trade Organisation
On 12 January the United States notified the WTO Secretariat that it requested dispute consultations with China regarding alleged subsidies provided by China to its producers of primary aluminium. The United States alleges that loans and other financing to ... More >>
Ghana ratifies the Trade Facilitation Agreement
Thursday, 5 January 2017, 9:57 am | World Trade Organisation
Ghana has ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), making it the 104th WTO member to do so. Only six more ratifications from members are needed to bring the TFA into force. More >>
Nominations for Director-General closed; Azevêdo confirmed
Thursday, 5 January 2017, 9:52 am | World Trade Organisation
General Council Chairperson, Ambassador Harald Neple of Norway, informed WTO members on 4 January that no further nominations for the position of Director-General had been received by the deadline of 31 December 2016 and that the incumbent Director-General, ... More >>
“Persistent” economic challenges continued to weigh on trade
Saturday, 10 December 2016, 3:18 pm | World Trade Organisation
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo’s annual overview of developments in the international trading system highlights the “persistent” global economic challenges in 2016 that continue to weigh on international trade. The report, which was discussed at ... More >>
Dominica, Mongolia ratify the Trade Facilitation Agreement
Wednesday, 30 November 2016, 10:10 am | World Trade Organisation
In a speech to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Global Strategy Group on 28 November, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo stressed the importance of making the case for trade amid a rise in anti-globalisation sentiment in many ... More >>
