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On 18 March 2026, Canada notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it had initiated on 16 March 2026 a safeguard investigation on imports of certain vegetable goods. Source link
The WTO is inviting applications for the 2026 Young Trade Leaders Programme, an initiative aimed at fostering a better understanding of the WTO’s work and international trade among young people...
Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala updated members on final preparations for the WTO’s upcoming 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaoundé, Cameroon, to take place on 26-29 March. She told a 10-12 March...
The WTO General Council, on 11 March 2026, noted consensus on a slate of names of chairpersons for WTO bodies. Source link
On 11 March 2026, the Russian Federation notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it had initiated on 4 March 2026 a safeguard investigation on tinplate (certain flat-rolled products of...
At a meeting of the Working Party on the Accession of Uzbekistan on 9 March, the head of Uzbekistan’s delegation, Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khodjaev, said his country is committed...
A high-level event marking the launch of the Enhanced Integrated Framework’s (EIF) third phase of activities will take place on the margins of the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14) in...
The coordinators of the Dialogue on Plastics Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade (DPP) on 6 March finalized the ministerial statement for the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14), scheduled to take...
Why do economies negotiate trade agreements? If unilateral free trade can benefit an economy, why do governments devote so much effort to negotiating reciprocal tariff reductions and detailed trade rules...
A high-level event on cotton will be held on the eve of the 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 25 March to highlight cotton’s importance to global trade and...
