Tag: World Trade Organization
Latest trade restrictions at record high levels—WTO report
World Trade Organization (WTO) members implemented 102 new trade-restrictive measures between mid-October 2018 and mid-October 2019, with the trade covered by the...
WTO moratorium on e-commerce duties extended
World Trade Organization (WTO) members have agreed to extend the existing moratorium related to customs duties on electronic transmissions, a decision welcomed...
New rules of origin database to help SMEs better utilize FTA...
A
free searchable database on
rules of origin
requirements and duty
savings under free trade agreements (FTAs) is now available
to firms, according to the World Trade...
ICC issues recommendations on WTO reform
The International Chamber of Commerce
(ICC) has called for reforms in the global trading system and released a “groundbreaking
set of recommendations to guide...
Services trade weakens further in 2Q: new WTO indicator
After an already weak first quarter in 2019, world trade in commercial services further softened through the second quarter as various...
WTO barometer shows further weakening of goods trade into Q3
The growth of world merchandise trade volumes is likely to remain weak in the third quarter of 2019, according to the World...
G20 ministers commit to undertake WTO reform ‘with a sense of...
Trade ministers from the Group of
Twenty (G20) have vowed to make the necessary reforms to the World Trade
Organization (WTO) “with a sense...
E-commerce conference explores customs, trade issues
The physical aspects of cross-border e-commerce take center stage at the “Cross-Border E-Commerce: An International Trade and Customs Perspective” conference on July...
WTO report assesses impact of digital technologies on GVCs
New digital technologies, such as robotics and big data, are reshaping global value chains (GVCs) and creating new opportunities for small and...
All About the PH Rice Tariffication Act
By March 5, Philippine Republic Act No. 11203 (Rice Tariffication Act) should have taken effect. In theory, the new law should reduce...
