Panel established to review EU duties on battery electric vehicles from China

The Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) agreed at its meeting on 25 April to a request from…

EU initiates appeal arbitration in intellectual property dispute, discloses panel report

The European Union has initiated arbitration proceedings under Article 25 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU)…

Guatemala and Peru notify mutually agreed solution in agriculture dispute

On 23 April, Guatemala and Peru submitted a notification to the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body of…

Harmonized System (HS) Vs. Schedule B Codes: What’s The Difference?

“All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.” As a child learning geometry, that…

Call for applications launched for support to women exporters through WTO-ITC WEIDE Fund

The WTO-ITC Women Exporters in the Digital Economy (WEIDE) Fund launched on 22 April its first…

France gives EUR 1.9 million to build capacity in developing economies, LDCs

The government of France has provided a second instalment of CHF 1.7 million (approximately EUR 1.9…

Training course on trade in services concludes in Geneva for WTO acceding governments

A week-long training course on trade in services and the services-related aspects of WTO accessions concluded…

Members discuss impact of AI and emerging technologies on e-commerce

At a meeting on the Work Programme on E-commerce on 16 April 2025, WTO members discussed…

Global trade faces setback amid rising tariffs

The WTO Secretariat’s latest Global Trade Outlook and Statistics report, issued today (16 April), comes at…

Temporary tariff pause mitigates trade contraction, but strong downside risks persist

•  Under current conditions, the volume of world merchandise trade is likely to fall by 0.2%…