Tag: WTO

• Friday, October 30th 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  US rejects Nigerian candidate as next WTO director-general, further paralyzing the global trade watchdog

  

  The World Trade Organization's (WTO) bid to select a new leader was plunged into uncertainty this Wednesday after the United States rejected the Nigerian woman proposed as the global trade watchdog's next director-general.

• Saturday, September 19th 2020 - 07:49 UTC

  UK candidate Dr Liam Fox, through to 2nd round in WTO Director General contest

  

  Former UK International Trade Secretary Dr Liam Fox said on Friday experienced leadership is needed as the selection process continues to replace the World Trade Organization Director-General chair.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  US tariffs on Chinese goods breach trade rules, says WTO; Trump suggests he will abandon the organization

  

  The World Trade Organization found on Tuesday that the United States breached global trading rules by imposing multibillion-dollar tariffs in President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, a ruling that drew anger from Washington.

• Wednesday, July 1st 2020 - 08:07 UTC

  WTO confident of securing an agreement on cutting fisheries subsidies this year

  

  The World Trade Organization (WTO) aims to secure an agreement on cutting fisheries subsidies this year, the chair of the talks, and a WTO official said on Tuesday, despite the cancellation of a major meeting due to COVID-19.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Mexican NAFTA negotiator, candidate for director general of WTO

  

  Mexico is set to propose senior trade official Jesus Seade, who helped rework the North American Free Trade Agreement, as a candidate to be the next director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), government sources said.

• Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 09:17 UTC

  Global trade expected to plummet this year, says World Trade Organization

  

  Global trade growth is expected to plummet by up to a third in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the World Trade Organization said on Wednesday, warning that the numbers would be “ugly”.

• Thursday, April 2nd 2020 - 07:36 UTC

  Mitigating impacts of Covid-19 on food trade and markets

  

  The following is the statement by FAO's chief Qu Donguy, WHO's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyseus and WTO's director-general Roberto Azevedo.

• Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 06:38 UTC

  Global trade forecasted to remain “below trend” in fourth quarter, WTO

  

  The World Trade Organization said on Monday that growth in global goods trade is expected to remain “below trend” in the fourth quarter amid tensions and rising tariffs in key sectors.

• Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 05:41 UTC

  WTO committee considering ways to end fisheries subsidies negotiations

  

  At the 15 November informal meeting of the Negotiating Group on Rules, heads of WTO member delegations discussed the status of the fisheries subsidies negotiations. Members noted difficulties in concluding negotiations by the end of the year and committed to intensifying their discussions to curb harmful fisheries subsidies.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  UK Trade secretary tells WTO conference, “Britain is back” as a sovereign nation

  

  Britain is looking forward to “taking back control” of its trade policy after it exits the European Union later this month, a government minister told the World Trade Organization on Wednesday. Speaking at a WTO conference, International Trade Secretary Liz Truss said her country was preparing to seize “a golden opportunity.”