Tag: Multilateral trade agreements
When African Trade Arrangements incorporate WTO Disciplines without all Member States being WTO Members
24 Jan 18 PublicationsThis Trade Brief takes a look at a feature of African trade arrangements which has given rise to little discussion or concern. The legal instruments underpinning African trade arra...
Trade Policy Review: The Gambia
23 Jan 18 NewsThe first review of the trade policies and practices of the Gambia takes place on 23 and 25 January 2018. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report b...
A tralac Perspective on the bigger picture for 2018
19 Jan 18 BlogThe Trade Law Centre (tralac) monitors integration, trade and governance in Africa. The fact that developments in Southern and Eastern Africa are more frequently covered does not m...
Africa and the WTO’s E-Commerce Agenda
19 Jan 18 BlogThe growth in telecommunications capability across the world has made trade possible through electronic means (cross-border e-commerce). Research from eMarketer shows that global e...
Developing countries should continue trade-easing reforms in wake of WTO deal
08 Jan 18 NewsThe Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) commits World Trade Organization (WTO) members to streamlining cross-border trade, but reforms can go further, an UNCTAD report says.
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A nervous WTO Ministerial in Buenos Aires
15 Dec 17 PublicationsThe word indaba has found widespread use throughout Southern Africa. It refers to an important meeting, usually of like-minded people, to decide matters of mutual concern...
The Appellate Body Crisis
15 Dec 17 BlogThe dispute settlement mechanism of the WTO has been a major innovation in international dispute settlement. It is often referred to as the jewel in the crown of the WTO system. It...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
14 Dec 17 NewsFeatured tweets on MC11 dynamics, outcomes:
@sdonnan: There’s an alternative narrative emerging this morning [Wednesday] at WTO MC11. Just had someone make case to me that we ar...
WTO Ministerial: In landmark move, country coalitions set plans to advance on new issues
14 Dec 17 NewsThe WTO’s Eleventh Ministerial Conference has drawn to a close, capping a busy week of talks which saw members only able to endorse limited substantive outcomes at the multilater...
Global civil society reactions to end of WTO Ministerial Conference
14 Dec 17 NewsThe World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference in Buenos Aires concluded without a formal statement, reflecting the deep divide between poorer countries who have demande...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
13 Dec 17 NewsABCA call for papers: Examining the challenges and opportunities of firms’ productivity in Africa
Consultancy opportunity: Develop a SADC trade development and trade promot...
Buenos Aires Declaration on Women and Trade outlines actions to empower women
13 Dec 17 NewsFor the first time in the history of the World Trade Organization, WTO members and observers have endorsed a collective initiative to increase the participation of women in trade. ...
Fisheries subsidies at the Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference – Deal or no deal?
13 Dec 17 NewsOn Monday at the Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference, the UNCTAD event on ‘Trade, Fisheries Subsidies and SDG14’ provided a platform for discussion to give a deeper understandi...
Public and private sector leaders exchange best practices to implement Trade Facilitation Agreement
13 Dec 17 NewsPublic and private sector leaders on 12 December exchanged insights on implementing the World Trade Organisation’s landmark Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) to fully reap the b...
More than 40 ministers issue joint statement affirming support for the WTO
12 Dec 17 NewsMinisters from 44 World Trade Organisation (WTO) members issued a joint statement on 11 December underlining their support for the WTO and reaffirming the “centrality” of the r...
Ministerial Conference opens with signing of presidential declaration in support of WTO
11 Dec 17 NewsThe World Trade Organization’s 11th Ministerial Conference opened in Buenos Aires on 10 December with a forceful declaration by four Latin American presidents pledging support fo...
International customs community adopts the Luxor Resolution on cross-border e-commerce and issues a communiqué to the WTO MC11
08 Dec 17 NewsThe WCO Policy Commission (PC) has seized the momentum garnered in the domain of electronic commerce and has unanimously adopted the Luxor Resolution at its meeting held this week ...
11th WTO Ministerial Conference – Buenos Aires: Resource box
08 Dec 17 NewsWorld Trade Organisation (WTO) members wrapped up their 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 13 December 2017, having brought together nearly 4,000 mini...
AU Trade Commissioner says Africa doing right to create FTA
07 Dec 17 NewsAfrica is doing the right thing in creating the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) despite the current retreat from multilateralism, Albert Muchanga, the African Union’s Commissi...
Preparing for Buenos Aires, can the WTO Deliver on Nairobi Promises?
30 Nov 17 BlogIn December 2017, the 164 member states of the World Trade Organization (WTO) will convene the 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This is the first time...