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• WTO issues information note on steel decarbonatization standards, readies for March event

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• DG Okonjo-Iweala: During these difficult times, the WTO “cannot afford to stand aside”

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• WTO members accept UAE, Cameroon offers to host Ministerial Conferences

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• Structured Discussions on Investment Facilitation for Development

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  WTO issues information note on steel decarbonatization standards, readies for March event

  December 30, 2022 9:07 am - WTO News

  The WTO Secretariat on 21 December published a new information note mapping the proliferation of standards for decarbonizing the steel industry and outlining how the work of the WTO could support harmonization efforts and help prevent trade frictions. The note [...]

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  New commitments for domestic regulation of services move step closer to entry into force

  December 29, 2022 9:10 am - WTO News

  Following the successful conclusion of negotiations in December 2021 on a set of disciplines aimed at cutting trade costs for service providers, participants in the Joint Initiative on Services Domestic Regulation submitted to the WTO on 20 December 2022 their [...]

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  DG Okonjo-Iweala: During these difficult times, the WTO “cannot afford to stand aside”

  December 28, 2022 9:11 am - News

  Speaking at the final 2022 meeting of the WTO’s General Council on 19-20 December, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala urged Geneva-based delegates to use the upcoming year-end break to reach out to their respective capitals for guidance and instructions and get the [...]

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  WTO members accept UAE, Cameroon offers to host Ministerial Conferences

  December 19, 2022 9:13 am - WTO News

  At a meeting of the General Council on 19 December, WTO members agreed to a proposal from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Cameroon to host consecutive Ministerial Conferences. Under an arrangement agreed between the two countries, the UAE will [...]

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  Structured Discussions on Investment Facilitation for Development

  December 16, 2022 9:14 am - TBT News

  Remarks by DG Okonjo-Iweala Ambassador Sofia Boza, Ambassador Jung Sung Park, Excellencies, Dear friends and colleagues, Delighted to join you this afternoon, the fact that the stocktaking meeting is being dne during the time when people are trying to achieve [...]