Tag: World Trade Organisation

This document has been submitted by the delegations of Brazil, China, Fiji, India and South Africa for discussion at the Formal Meeting of the TRIPS Council, taking place on 13-14 ...

Amid an unprecedented global trade slowdown, African policymakers, negotiators and trade analysts met 25-26 May 2017 in Mauritius to discuss priorities for reviving world trade and...

This document contains a statement provided by the African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) at the TBT (Technical Barriers to Trade) Committee meeting of 29-30 March 2017 un...

Latest tralac Newsletter: Willemien Viljoen comments on Africa’s recent agricultural trade performance Just posted: Africans moved more freely in 2016, according to second ...

As regional economic integration gathers pace in Africa, how can trade facilitation be leveraged to spur the economic growth and development necessary for its implementation? Is th...

tralac’s Tarik Oguz examines the latest malicious software code attack Race for supremacy: India, Japan plan alternative to counter China’s OBOR (Business Standard) Away from...

The WTO’s latest World Trade Outlook Indicator (WTOI) suggests that global trade will continue to expand moderately in the second quarter of 2017. The latest reading of 102.2 is ...

The objective of the March 2017 meeting was twofold: (i) to take stock of the current market situation (ii) to examine possible areas of cooperation between participants based on p...

Zimbabwe’s former Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister, Tapiwa Mashakada (MDC-T), has been elected the new chairperson of PAP’s Committee on Trade, Customs and I...

Nigeria: FEC approves trade negotiations office (PM News) The Federal Executive Council, presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday approved the establishment o...

Africa ponders challenges as WTO steps in way of AU self-financing model (New Times) The WTO and the US government have written to a number of African Union member states on the l...

The World Trade Organisation and the US government have written to a number of African Union member states on the legality of the implementation of the new self-financing mech...

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said on Monday he has signed off on a safeguard duty for hot rolled coil steel, but said the measure was subject to informing the World Trade...

On Sunday, in Kigali: President Kagame hosts African foreign ministers for AU reform talks. ‘It is an opportunity to engage with Africa’s top diplomats, and others present, on ...

Underway, in Brussels: the 105th session of the ACP Council of Ministers. The ACP Council of Ministers will deliberate in plenary on 3-4 May, before meeting with counterparts from ...

The third review of the trade policies and practices of Mozambique takes place on 3 and 5 May 2017. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the ...

Introduction At the Ninth Ministerial Conference in Bali, Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to the Work Programme on Small Economies and instructed the WTO Secretariat to pro...

The following submission, dated 25 April 2017, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Indonesia on behalf of the G-33. We recall the G-33 submission entitled ...

Speaking at the first Ministerial Meeting of the “Friends of E-Commerce for Development” on 25 April, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said that many members want to set a pat...

tralac and the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) have launched a new book examining the agriculture negotiations at the WTO and what a successful agreement might mean ...