Tag: World Trade Organization
Canada ratifies WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Canada has ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), making it the 103rd World Trade Organization (WTO) member to do so. Only seven more ratifications...
WTO: “Persistent” economic challenges weighed on trade in 2016
World Trade Organization Director-General Roberto Azevêdo’s annual overview of developments in the international trading system highlights the “persistent” global economic challenges in 2016 that...
Only 8 more WTO members needed for Trade Facilitation Agreement to...
Gabon and the Kyrgyz Republic have ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), putting the total number of ratifications from members at 102. Only eight...
PH customs eyes ASYCUDA World to automate processes
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is in discussions to implement by next year ASYCUDA World, the latest version of the Automated System for...
Chile, Swaziland ratify Trade Facilitation Agreement
Chile and Swaziland have ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). Their submission of the instruments of acceptance to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on...
Trade restrictions among G20 remain high
The World Trade Organization's (WTO) sixteenth monitoring report on Group of 20 (G20) trade measures, issued recently, shows that the number of trade-restrictive measures...
Modest pickup in world trade seen in Q4
Global trade will pick up slightly in the fourth quarter of 2016, the World Trade Organization’s latest World Trade Outlook Indicator (WTOI) suggests.
Air freight...
New global trade alert system launched to boost market access for...
A new online alert system designed to help government agencies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) keep track of the latest information on regulatory...
WTO issues new editions of Trade Profiles and World Tariff Profiles
Article first appeared on www.wto.org.
The World Trade Organization issued on 2 November new expanded editions of two of its annual statistical publications, Trade Profiles...
Iceland ratifies Trade Facilitation Agreement
Article first appeared on www.wcoomd.org
Iceland has ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), becoming the 96th member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to do...
