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Nigeria, Economic Community of West African States, major world economies adopt Abuja Statement

03 Nov 17 News

Statement reaffirms that trade and investment are inseparable and remain indispensable “twin engines” for economic growth, modernization and development of Africa Nigeria, the...

WTO Committee on Agriculture: Preparing the ground for success at MC11

25 Oct 17 News

Report by Amb. Stephen Ndũn’gũ Karau, Chair of the Agriculture negotiations, to the meeting of the Committee on Agriculture in special session, 19 October 2017 Introducti...

WTO Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries: Market access for products and services of export interest to LDCs

25 Oct 17 News

Document prepared by the WTO Secretariat for the Formal Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries held on 3 October 2017, as revised Over the period 2005-2016...

ACP Trade Ministers reaffirm strong commitment to multilateral system

23 Oct 17 News

Ministers and senior officials responsible for Trade from 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries reaffirmed their strong and resounding commitment to the multilateral tr...

E-Commerce elements for MC11: Communication from China

20 Oct 17 News

Submission to the World Trade Organisation Committee on Trade and Development ahead of the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference to be held on 10-13 December 2017 in Buenos Aires, A...

Minister Davies wants action on outstanding Doha issues

11 Oct 17 News

Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies says there must be outcomes on the outstanding issues of the Doha Development Agenda. Speaking at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Info...

WTO members finish combing through matrix of proposals on fisheries subsidies

10 Oct 17 News

WTO members meeting as the Negotiating Group on Rules (NGR) on 6 October finished combing through a compilation matrix of seven proposals for an agreement in December at the WTO’...

Community groups call for fairer trade rules at WTO meeting

09 Oct 17 News

Today, Trade Ministers from only 35 countries will attend a “mini-Ministerial” in Morocco which is intended to solidify the agenda for the upcoming 11th Ministerial Confer...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

02 Oct 17 News

Launching today, in Geneva: UNCTAD’s Information Economy Report 2017. The Report will examine how increased digitalization is influencing international trade and what the implica...

E-Commerce: Some developing countries push back on idea of new WTO rules

02 Oct 17 News

While the profile of electronic commerce is rising in diverse international fora, some developing countries are saying they do not want to discuss a new negotiating mandate for e-c...

Is the WTO under threat?

26 Sep 17 Discussion

Gerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate, comments on the state of the multilateral trading system Since its inception in 1995 the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been the formal cust...

African Union Ministers of Trade meet to come up with a common position prior to the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference

20 Sep 17 News

The African Union Commission in collaboration with the Government of South Africa organized a Special Meeting of African Union Ministers of Trade, on 18 September 2017 in Addis Aba...

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States’ agricultural trade and the World Trade Organization negotiations

20 Sep 17 News

The long-running World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha negotiations remain unresolved. The stumbling block in 2008 was the intransigence of the United States of America over domestic...

WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires: What’s at stake for small, least developed and sub-Saharan African countries?

20 Sep 17 News

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Geneva preparatory process is sine qua non for all WTO Ministerial Conferences. It has nevertheless proven challenging for small delegations, giv...

Regional Dialogue on WTO Accessions for the Greater Horn of Africa: Nairobi Outcome

12 Sep 17 News

Fostering synergies and coherence between regional integration and the multilateral trading system through WTO accessions 1. Introduction The Regional Dialogue on WTO Acces...

UNCTAD Trade and Development Board, 64th session begins in Geneva

11 Sep 17 News

UNCTAD Secretary-General targets trade barriers and calls for decisions to turn into action Reducing barriers to trade and achieving true development for all countries were issues...

Kenya hosts first Regional Dialogue on WTO Accessions for the Greater Horn of Africa

29 Aug 17 News

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya, the University of Nairobi and the WTO opened the first Regional Dialogue on WTO Accessions for the Greater Horn of Africa on 28 August in ...

7th Meeting of the BRICS Trade Ministers: Joint Statement

23 Aug 17 News

The seventh meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Trade was held in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, on the 1-2 August 2017. The establishment of the BRICS e-port network, e-co...

GI protection: are components of a compound GI name covered?

16 Aug 17 Discussion

Willemien Viljoen, tralac Researcher, discusses the need for clarification on mutually agreed provisions concerning the use of geographical indications in trade agreements The pro...

Customized trade remedies in Africa – the case of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area

15 Aug 17 News

Meaning of trade remedies Trade remedies have been variously defined, for instance: “The term trade remedy measures or, simply trade remedies, generally refers to three types o...