Parliamentarians from Latin America and Caribbean discuss challenges facing world trade, MC12 outcomes

More than 35 parliamentarians from Latin America and the Caribbean attended a joint Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)-WTO…

WTO issues 2022 edition of flagship statistical publication

The WTO issued today (30 November) the latest edition of the World Trade Statistical Review, the…

BIS Restricts Semiconductor Exports to China: The New Rules and How They Unfolded

In August 2022, exercising its export control powers under section 744.21 of the Export Administration Regulations…

Goods Council discusses high number of trade concerns, MC12 implementation, LDC graduation

At a meeting of the Council for Trade in Goods on 24-25 November, WTO members addressed…

Goods barometer sinks below trend as global import demand weakens

Trade growth is likely to slow in the closing months of 2022 and into 2023, according…

Australia pledges AUD 2 million to WTO Fisheries Funding Mechanism

The Government of Australia has pledged AUD 2 million (approximately CHF 1.3 million) to the WTO…

DG Okonjo-Iweala receives honorary doctorate from Nyenrode Business University

Reform of the WTO is all about keeping the institution in tune with the world’s changing…

Members discuss lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic, hear views of external stakeholders

The Committee on Market Access held on 21 November the fifth of a series of experience-sharing…

WTO members take steps to invigorate working group on trade and transfer of technology

At a meeting of the Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology on 24 November,…

Committee establishes work programme to address food security, reviews farm policies

WTO members established a new work programme in the Committee on Agriculture to address food security…