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Director-General cites concerns with pace of negotiations as chairs report on state of play
A meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on 1 October provided WTO members with an opportunity to take stock of the WTO's negotiating agenda six months after the 14th Ministerial Confere...
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Members take stock of latest discussions on WTO reform
At a transparency session on 30 September, facilitators for the discussions on WTO reform reported on recent meetings among members on the four tracks of reform: foundational issues, decision- maki...
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WTO members deepen discussions on trade and climate measures, share updates
The Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) met on 28-29 September to advance its discussions on the trade and environment nexus, focusing on interoperability and development aspects of trade-rela...
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WTO, Asian Development Bank and World Bank bring TS4D initiative to Asia and the Pacific
The WTO, the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank Group jointly organized a regional conference in Manila on 28-29 September that brought for the first time the Trade in Services for Developme...
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New Zealand advances safe and inclusive trade with new contribution to STDF
New Zealand has contributed NZ$ 300,000 (approximately CHF 140,000) to the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) to help developing and least-developed countries, including in the Pacific...
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Panel to review EU carbon border adjustment mechanism and emissions trading scheme
The Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) agreed at its meeting on 25 September to a request from the Russian Federation for the establishment of a panel to review the European Union's Carbon Border Adjust...
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Members review farm policies in first meeting under new Chair
At a meeting of the WTO Committee on Agriculture on 24-25 September, WTO members addressed matters raised regarding implementation of their commitments and members' specific notifications. They als...
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WTO members review agriculture negotiation history, discuss ways forward
WTO members expressed their views on 23 September regarding the current state of the agriculture negotiations and how best to move them forward following the inconclusive outcome of talks in this a...
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A critical juncture for the world trading system: what the evidence tells us
The multilateral trading system has underpinned a nearly 50-fold expansion of world merchandise trade volume and one of the most remarkable periods of economic growth and development in modern hist...
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Tariffs applied by WTO members have decreased by a third since 1996
Update of data blog first published on 13 April 2023.
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Young Trade Leaders meet with DG; discuss AI, environment, needs of developing economies
Artificial intelligence (AI), the environment, and issues facing developing economies were among the topics discussed by Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the latest cohort of WTO Young Trad...
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Report spotlights role of services export promotion strategies as catalyst for development
A new report launched by the WTO Secretariat and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC) on 17 September draws on case studies to illustrate how developing economie...
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World Trade Report: Trade reform to boost growth; inaction can cost 10% global GDP
The 2026 edition of the World Trade Report – issued on 15 September - finds that a strengthened multilateral trading system could increase global GDP by roughly 3% or USD 3 trillion by 2050, while ...
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WTO Public Forum 2026 spotlights role of services in driving world trade
The 2026 edition of the WTO's Public Forum kicked off on 15 September in Geneva under the theme Powering the Future. Over three days, the Forum will welcome more than 4,600 participants from busine...
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WTO study explores the role of stablecoins in international trade
The WTO Secretariat launched a new publication on the role of stablecoins in supporting cross-border trade on 14 September on the sidelines of the WTO's first World Trade and Tech Day. The report, ...
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Russian Federation notifies launch of safeguard investigation on certain flat steel products
On 9 September 2026, the Russian Federation notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards regarding the initiation on 7 September 2026 of a safeguard investigation on certain flat steel products with ...
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World Trade & Tech Day: AI and trade increasingly intertwined
Hundreds of participants gathered at the WTO for World Trade & Tech Day on 14 September, a sign of how AI is fundamentally changing the way cross-border commerce is evolving. Under the banner o...
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WTO issues 2026 Annual Report
The WTO published today (9 September) its 2026 Annual Report, providing a comprehensive account of the organization’s activities in 2025 and the early part of 2026. The Report looks back at recent ...
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Goods barometer points to resilient trade growth despite headwinds
Global goods trade continued to strengthen in mid-2026 despite persistent geopolitical and policy-related uncertainties, according to the WTO Goods Trade Barometer released on 9 September 2026.
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New report highlights growth potential of digital trade in Latin America, Caribbean
A new report by the WTO Secretariat, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank examines how digital trade is transforming the way Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) economies con...