MIL-OSI Economics: “The importance of the rules-based multilateral trading system cannot be overestimated”
Source: World Trade Organisation The Vice-Chancellor, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professors, Students and Distinguished Guests: I will start by thanking the University of Western Cape for inviting me to speak to you today on “Africa’s Stake in the Multilateral Trading System”. This University has had a long collaboration with the WTO through the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Economics: Liechtenstein gives CHF 40,000 to deepen negotiating skill-set of developing countries
Source: World Trade Organisation This donation to the WTO’s Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund will finance training workshops for officials in Geneva and elsewhere to help them better understand and implement WTO agreements. Over 2,600 workshops have been organized since the fund was created in 2001. WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said: “Liechtenstein’s donation is […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Economics: High-level panel calls for integration of fragile states into the global economy
Source: World Trade Organisation The session was organized by the WTO Secretariat, the Executive Secretariat of the Enhanced Integrated Framework, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the g7+ WTO Accessions Group, a grouping launched at the 11th Ministerial Conference at the end of 2017 and constituting 20 “fragile” states. Countries that have long been […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Economics: DDG Wolff: “The future of the WTO and the world trading system is bright”
Source: World Trade Organisation A disclaimer at the outset. There is no single view shared by all WTO Members of the subject we are discussing today. I do not speak for the WTO Membership or any member. Second and equally important, the provocative title of this series of panels, attributing to one member an attack […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Economics: DG Azevêdo welcomes B20 support for the WTO
Source: World Trade Organisation The Director-General participated in a panel discussion on the “Present and Future of Multilateralism” together with Argentina’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Faurie, the Minister of Treasury Nicolás Dujovne and the Chair of the B20 Trade and Investment Task Force Paolo Rocca. The Director-General said: “As the international community responds to […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Economics: High-level panel highlights potential of e-commerce as driver for growth and inclusion
Source: World Trade Organisation The WTO, the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Electronic Trade Platform (eWTP) opened the debate on this issue with a high-level panel session titled “E-commerce 2030: enabling an inclusive future for e-commerce”, organized as part of the “Enabling E-commerce” initiative launched on the margins of the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Economics: Public Forum explores new ways to achieve inclusive trade in era of technological revolution
Source: World Trade Organisation For Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, e-commerce has gone beyond being a platform and represents what the future holds. “E-commerce is not a new way of doing business; e-commerce is the business because 90% of business will be online by 2025,” he said. He foresees that the global economy will be […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Economics: WTO and ICC announce new Small Business Champion
Source: World Trade Organisation During a session at the Public Forum, 12 finalists pitched their “Export Action Plans” to a panel of judges for the chance to win a package of financing and assistance from the Institute of Export and International Trade designed to help the winning small business implement their export plan. The competition […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Economics: Qatar requests WTO consultations with Saudi Arabia on intellectual property rights protection
Source: World Trade Organisation Qatar claims the measures at issue are inconsistent with the provisions of the WTO’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs). Further information is available in document WT/DS567/1 What is a request for consultations? The request for consultations formally initiates a dispute in the WTO. Consultations give the parties […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Economics: Trade can make a vital contribution to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals — Azevêdo
Source: World Trade Organisation Minister di Malila,Excellencies,Ladies and gentlemen, Good morning. I am pleased you could join us this morning to launch this publication on trade and the Sustainable Development Goals. Three years ago, world leaders came together to set these 17 ambitious goals – including ending poverty by 2030. I applaud that vision. I […]
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