WTO: Trade Policy Review of Malawi
The third Trade Policy Review of Malawi was carried out by the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 27 and 29 April 2016. A report issued by the WTO staff in connection with the review has been published on the WTO website. The report notes that the
See MoreWTO Public Forum 2016 to discuss inclusive trade
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is to hold its Public Forum 2016 in September 2016 with the theme of inclusive trade. The Public Forum will discuss how a broader range of businesses and individuals can become involved in the world trading system
See MoreWTO: Trade Policy Review of Ukraine
Ukraine acceded to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2008. The WTO’s first review of the trade practices in Ukraine took place on 19 and 21 April 2016. A detailed report was prepared by the WTO Secretariat in connection with the trade
See MoreIMF Technical Note Considers WTO Tax Rules
A technical note published by the IMF on 29 March 2016 considers to what extent the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules affect the freedom of policy makers to frame their tax policy. The paper entitled Is the WTO a World Tax Organization? A Primer
See MoreWTO: Negotiations on agricultural issues
Member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have identified a set of broad issues for continuing negotiations on agricultural issues and have emphasized the importance of agricultural issues for developing countries. The Nairobi decision
See MoreWTO: Ministers Agree Nairobi Package
A number of measures have been implemented by Ministerial Decisions issued at the Tenth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that concluded in Nairobi on 19 December 2015. Preferences for LDC services The waiver period
See MoreWTO: World Trade Report for 2015 looks at benefits of Trade Facilitation Agreement
On 26 October 2015 the World Trade Organization (WTO) published its World Trade Report for 2015. This report looks at the benefits of full implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement. The report finds that developing countries will
See MoreWTO announces extension of the Information Technology Agreement
The World Trade Organization (WTO) announced on 24 July 2015 that an extension of the scope of the Information Technology Agreement has been agreed by 54 major exporters of these products. The scope of the agreement will be extended to cover new
See MoreIndia: WTO conducts trade policy review
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is conducting a trade policy review of India on 2 and 4 June 2015. The report on India’s trade policy issued by the WTO before the review and published on its website indicates that trade liberalization has
See MoreWTO releases trade statistics and growth projections
On 14 April 2015 the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued global trade statistics for 2014 and estimates for the next few years. The growth in the volume of global trade in 2014 was 2.8%, less than predicted owing to geopolitical tensions and
See MorePakistan: WTO Conducts Trade Policy Review
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is conducting a trade policy review of Pakistan on 24 and 26 March 2015. The report issued in connection with the review notes that Pakistan’s economy has shown resilience and that real GDP growth averaged 3.2%
See MoreWTO panel to negotiate in China-Canada dumping dispute
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has established a panel to judge in a dispute between Canada and China over anti-dumping duties imposed by China on 10th March 2015. Canada made complain to the WTO that they place Canadian exporters of cellulose
See MoreJapan: Trade review carried out by World Trade Organization
On 9 and 11 March 2015 the World Trade Organization (WTO) is conducting a trade review of Japan. The WTO Secretariat has prepared a report in connection with this review and this has been published on the WTO website. Japan has since 2012 been
See MoreWTO -Summary of ongoing work for 2015
A Parliamentary Conference hosted recently by the World Trade Organization (WTO) was arranged by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the European Parliament. The WTO Director General addressed the group of parliamentarians on 17 February 2015 and gave
See MoreWTO Director-General addresses LDC Group Ambassadors and Experts Retreat
The World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General has noted in a speech to the Less Developed Countries (LDC) Ambassadors and Experts that in the coming months there is an opportunity to address some of the core issues affecting LDCs. There has
See MoreWTO: Discussions on waivers to help LDC exports of services
As part of discussions on implementation of the Bali package discussions have taken place in the World Trade Organization (WTO) on waivers of the usual most favored nation (MFN) rules to help less developed countries (LDCs) when cross-border
See MoreWTO Rejects Countervailing Case Appeal By US With China
The Appellate Body of the WTO announced rulings, on December 18, in favor of China in a complex case dealing with countervailing duty (CVD) determinations and anti-dumping duties, mostly resulting from US treatment of China as a "non-market
See MoreWTO issues mixed ruling in US-China trade remedy case
The WTO Appellate Body released its final ruling on a US countervailing duty law affecting Chinese products which is also known otherwise as the “GPX Legislation”. According to WTO ruling there was not enough factual analysis in a previous panel
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