Tag: WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo
WTO members commit to advance work on implementing TFA
Following the entry into force of the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), WTO members pledged to advance work on implementing the agreement...
WTO members welcome entry into force of amendment to ease access...
The Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) met on 30 January to mark the entry into force of the first amendment...
Officials meet at UNCTAD forum to prep for Trade Facilitation Agreement
With a major global agreement on making international trade "faster, easier and cheaper" due to take effect in the early weeks of 2017, more...
Nigeria ratifies WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Nigeria has ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), making it the 107th World Trade Organization member to do so. Only three more ratifications from...
WTO members agree on reforms for trade policy reviews, monitoring
World Trade Organization members have agreed on reforms to further improve the review of members’ trade policies and practices and the monitoring of the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
