Members consider five regional trade agreements, discuss improving functioning of Committee

Five regional trade agreements (RTAs) were considered by WTO members at the 5 July meeting of…

Shipments Occurring Wholly Outside the U.S. May Still Be Subject to U.S. Export Controls

If you read Passages: The International Trade Blog regularly, you likely already know that items that…

Japan formally accepts Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies

Japan this week deposited its instrument of acceptance for the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, joining other…

Report shows many G20 export restrictions remain in place, including on food and fertilizers

G20 economies introduced substantially more trade-facilitating than trade-restrictive measures on goods between mid-October 2022 and mid-May…

New report looks into boosting developing countries’ participation in services trade

The growth of developing economies’ services exports has exceeded the world average over the past two…

WTO members highlight importance of “digital industrialisation” to economic growth

WTO members on 23 June acknowledged the importance of digital industrialization for economic growth, highlighting the…

Technology transfer partners share insights at WHO-WIPO-WTO webinar

Practical experiences and best practices in transferring COVID-19 health technologies to developing economies were at the…

Members conclude tariff quota review, discuss food security, farm policies, transparency

WTO members successfully concluded the first triennial review of the Bali Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) Decision…