MC14 event calls for scaling up support for Trade in...
In Yaoundé on the eve of the 14th Ministerial Conference on 25 March, a group of ministers underscored the central role of services trade in supporting development and emphasized the...
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WTO Chairs Programme holds academic conference in Cameroon
The WTO Chairs Programme (WCP) held an academic conference on 19 and 20 March in Yaoundé, Cameroon, discussing a wide range of issues and challenges in reforming the multilateral trading...
Leaders underscore momentum in empowering women traders at MC14 high-level...
At a high-level event on women and trade held on 25 March in advance of the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference, trade officials marked the progress made in enhancing women entrepreneurs’...
Participants launch MC14 environmental sustainability package, chart new phase of...
On 19 March, ahead of the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaoundé, 79 WTO members participating in the Trade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions (TESSD) unveiled a package of outcome...
AI investment and Middle East conflict shape outlook for global...
The outlook for world trade in 2026 will be shaped by two powerful and opposite forces. On the one hand, the extraordinary momentum of investment in artificial intelligence (AI) continues...
Arbitrator to set level of trade suspension in Indonesia–EU palm...
A WTO arbitrator was tasked on 19 March with determining the level of trade suspension Indonesia may impose on the European Union in the palm oil biofuels dispute, following Indonesia’s...
Middle East conflict weighs further on slowing trade outlook
World trade is set to slow in 2026 following stronger than expected growth in 2025 on the back of surging trade in AI-enabling products. WTO economists warn that the ongoing...
Members review record SPS trade concerns; group weighs transparency challenges,...
Meeting on 11-13 March, the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures reviewed 76 SPS-related trade concerns raised by WTO members, a record for the committee. Earlier in the week,...
DDG Zhang welcomes 2026 cohorts of participants in two technical...
A ceremony held at the WTO headquarters on 12 March marked the launch of the 2026 edition of two WTO technical assistance programmes, the French Irish Mission Programme (FIMiP) and...
Market Access Committee adopts decision on recording the resolution of...
The WTO’s Committee on Market Access (CMA) agreed at its 16-17 March meeting on procedures to improve how the resolution of trade concerns are recorded in the Committee. Thirty-three trade...
