Tag: World Trade Organization (WTO)

• Monday, September 15th 2025 - 17:57 UTC

  WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies enters into force; strong support for multilateralism

  

  At a special General Council meeting on 15 September, WTO members celebrated the entry into force of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, which commits members to curbing billions of dollars in annual spending on the most harmful subsidies that contribute to the depletion of marine fish stocks.

• Tuesday, October 29th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

  Brazilian gov't and business agree on WTO reform ahead of G20 Summit

  

  Brazil's government and businessmen gathered last week in São Paulo for the B20 summit, and they concurred on the need to push for world trade reforms ahead of the G20 summit, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro next month.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 07:27 UTC

  WTO cuts 2023 global trade growth by half to 0,8%; forecasts a great 3,3% leap in 2024

  

  The World Trade Organization (WTO) expects international trade to grow by 0.8% this year, down from the 1.7% estimated in April. In its updated forecasts released this week, the organization justifies the downgrade with an inflationary environment, rising interest rates in the United States and the European Union, as well as tension in the Chinese real estate market.

• Saturday, January 28th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

  Brazilian FM ratifies commitment to WTO

  

  Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira Friday told World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala about the South American country's commitment to the global entity under the new administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Brazil encouraged with UK larger quota for chicken meat and sugar

  

  Brazil is forecasted to gain a 19.3% larger quota of chicken meat exports to the UK in accordance with the bilateral agreement signed last November 17 at the World Trade Organization (WTO), according to information from the financial press agency Valor.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2022 - 14:51 UTC

  Brazil, with Mercosur partners, plans to become a global rice exporting hub

  

  As India, the world leader in exports restricts rice shipments, Brazil signaled at the World Trade Organization (WTO) that together with Mercosur partners, it is ready to expand exports and help with global food security.

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Ukraine conflict, inflation, tighter monetary policy slowing down global trade, WTO quarter report

  

  The World Trade Organization warns that uncertainty has increased as a result of the conflict in Ukraine, growing global inflation, and the predicted tightening of monetary policy by central banks in advanced nations.

• Thursday, July 7th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Argentina and Uruguay agree on temporary ban to hake fishing

  

  The Joint Technical Commission of the Maritime Front of Argentina and Uruguay has issued a temporary ban on hake catching due to the “concentration of juvenile specimens” that “it is necessary to protect,” it was announced Wednesday.

• Monday, June 20th 2022 - 09:02 UTC

  WTO reaches deal to curb overfishing and subsidies, with the target of fisheries sustainability

  

  After two decades of discussions, the World Trade Organization, WTO, finally reached a deal aimed at curbing overfishing which was hailed by conservation groups as a major turning point, even if it was the result of compromises to seal the long-sought agreement.

• Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Latin America at WTO, stands up in support of reforming agriculture trade rules

  

  Sixteen Latin American countries, led by Brazil pledged this week to work together to demand reform of world agricultural trade rules at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The decision was taken among other issues to counter the protectionist policies of developed countries and India.