WTO issues 2025 Annual Report
The WTO published today (7 August) its 2025 Annual Report, providing a comprehensive account of the organization’s activities in 2024 and the early part of 2025. The Report looks back at recent key events, such as the 13th Ministerial Conference
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A surge of imports in the United States in the first quarter ahead of widely anticipated tariff hikes contributed to the upward revision to the forecast for 2025 issued in
Brazil initiates WTO dispute regarding US tariff measures
Brazil has requested WTO dispute consultations with the United States concerning US tariff measures which it says impose a 10% duty on all Brazilian products and an additional 40% duty on certain products of Brazilian origin. The request was circulated
First beneficiaries selected under the WEIDE Fund for women entrepreneurs
The Women Exporters in the Digital Economy (WEIDE) Fund, launched by the WTO Secretariat and the International Trade Centre (ITC) in 2024, announced on 14 August the first cohort of women-led micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria to
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The 2025 Public Forum – entitled "Enhance, Create and Preserve" – will examine how a modernized, digitalized trading system can improve living standards, create jobs and support sustainable
China initiates WTO dispute regarding Canadian surtaxes, quotas on steel, aluminium goods
China has requested WTO dispute consultations with Canada regarding Canadian measures imposing a surtax in the form of tariff rate quotas on the importation of certain steel goods originating from Canada’s non-free trade agreement partners, including China, as well as
WEIDE Fund selects women beneficiaries in Mongolia as implementation gathers momentum
Forty-six women-led businesses in Mongolia have been selected as beneficiaries of the Women Exporters in the Digital Economy (WEIDE) Fund, which was launched by the WTO Secretariat and the International Trade Centre in 2024. The latest cohort of micro, small