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Recent News About World Trade Organization
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Okonjo-Iweala: 'A better path forward is what we are calling re-globalization'
World Trade Organization Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala recently reinforced her advocacy for re-globalization during her keynote speech at the 13th World Chambers Congress in Geneva.
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Okonjo-Iweala: World Trade Organization 'can find opportunities in the challenges'
This year, the World Trade Organization Chairs annual conference aimed its focus onto currently developing and least developed countries ahead of next year's MC13.
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WTO chief 'extends heartfelt appreciation' for Netherlands' support of fisheries program
The Netherlands recently made good on its pledge of EUR 1 million (about $1.1 million) to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Fisheries Funding Mechanism as part of an effort to aid developing and least-developed countries in implementing the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies.
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Belize joins WTO, accepts Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies
Belize became the initial Central American member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the first member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to deposit its acceptance for the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies.
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Nigeria officially accepts Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, becomes second African WTO nation to do so
Nigeria recently became the second African member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to deposit its acceptance for the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies.
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WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Calls for Global Cooperation in Unlocking Digital Economy's Benefits
World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Calls for Global Cooperation in Unlocking Digital Economy's Benefits at a workshop on e-commerce
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Canada becomes fifth WTO member to accept Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies
Canada recently became the fifth WTO member to accept an agreement that seeks to end harmful subsidies in the global fishing industry.
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WTO's Okonjo-Iweala at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting: 'In order to allow growth to recover, we have to strengthen multilateralism'
At the recent World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala discussed the need for governments to combat division by strengthening trade with all nations.
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World Trade Organization highlights progress on trade and gender: ‘Gender issues are now considered as part of the WTO's work’
At their last meeting of the year held on Dec. 12, the members of the Informal Working Group on Trade and Gender of the World Trade Organization highlighted the progress on trade and gender they made in 2022 and how they’ll take the next steps in 2023.
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Okonjo-Iweala: ‘We cannot afford to leave trade and WTO behind’ when tackling climate change
World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala recently made remarks about how trade and economic cooperation between nations cannot be left behind when tackling the issue of climate change.
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Okonjo-Iweala: 'I thank France for its continuous support for developing countries and LDCs in tackling sanitary and phytosanitary challenges'
France recently contributed almost $50,000 to the Standards and Trade Development Facility to boost safe food production for trade amongst developing countries.
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World Trade Organization director-general: 'The MOU aims to deliver specific things for the benefit of countries in the region'
The World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Caribbean Development Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Oct. 25 to strengthen the bond between the two organizations.
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González calls on greater cooperation on digital trade: ‘Digitalization increasingly permeates all areas of WTO work’
World Trade Organization (WTO) Deputy Director-General Anabel González recently made remarks about how with the uncertain future of digital technology, more cooperation is needed in order to create more trade opportunities.
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WTO predicts world trade will slow in 2023: ‘policymakers are confronted with unenviable choices’
According to a new report by the World Trade Organization (WTO), world trade is expected to lose momentum in the second half of 2022 and remain slow in 2023.
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WTO, WCO release publication on technologies that can ‘enable new and innovative business models that can contribute to making trade more efficient and inclusive’
The World Trade Organization and the World Customs Organization recently released a joint publication called “Study Report on Disruptive Technologies” that looks at how new technologies can assist cross-border trade.
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WTO's Young Economist Essay Award winner: 'I'm incredibly honored'
A paper by Mathilde Muñoz, a University of California, Berkeley scholar, recently earned a prestigious award.
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Ireland donates over $400,000 to WTO trust funds ‘to enhance the trading capacities of developing countries’
Ireland will donate approximately $401,521 to help increase the trade know-how of developing countries and “least-developed countries” through partnerships with the World Trade Organization.
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World Trade Organization's Goods Trade Barometer remains steady, but 'uncertainty' surrounds the forecast
The World Trade Organization said global trade remains at a stagnant pace in its barometer reading released Tuesday.
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WTO forecasts rise in global trade
Worldwide trade has recovered faster than anticipated in 2021 with the World Trade Organization (WTO) forecasting global trade to rise 10.8% in 2021, a 2.8% increase from the 8% forecast in March of this year and 4.7% growth by 2022.