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WTO convenes trade ministers to net fisheries deal

Agnès Pedrero, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 15 08:45 PM

The World Trade Organization kicked off a ministerial meeting Thursday aimed at breathing life into drawn-out negotiations towards banning subsidies that favour overfishing, but numerous sticking points remain. Read more »

EU proposes world’s first carbon border tax for some imports

Reuters
Posted at Jul 14 09:09 PM

The European Commission on Wednesday put forward plans for the world’s first "carbon border tax" on imports of carbon-intensive goods, including steel, cement, fertilizers and aluminum, as part of a program to meet its new climate target. Read more »

Australia taking China to WTO over wine duties

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 19 08:04 AM

Australia is lodging a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization over China's imposition of anti-dumping duties on Australian wine exports, the government announced Saturday. Read more »

China aiming to ‘seize control’ of int'l bodies to ‘weaponize’ them - UK report

Hilary Clarke, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jun 17 06:43 PM

China and other nations were attempting to “seize control” of strategically important international organizations so they could be “weaponized”, a new report by the UK parliament’s influential Foreign Affairs Committee said. Read more »

Paggawa ng COVID-19 vaccines 'at cost' dapat habang pandemya- eksperto

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 03:18 PM

Nabanggit ito ni Gloriani nang tanungin tungkol sa panawagan ng ilang bansa na alisin ang "intellectual property rights" ng COVID-19 vaccines sa World Trade Organization. Read more »

Duterte creates panel to improve customs procedures

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 06:07 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has formed a panel to improve Philippine customs procedures in line with the country's deal with the World Trade Organization, according to a document that Malacañang released on Thursday. Read more »

China says backs talks on IP waiver for COVID-19 vaccines

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 13 08:20 PM

China supports talks on waiving intellectual property protections on COVID-19 vaccines, Beijing's commerce ministry said Thursday, amid a global push to widen access to jabs. Read more »

COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver talks could still take months

Philip Blenkinsop, Reuters
Posted at May 07 12:24 AM

President Joe Biden threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines in a sharp US reversal, but it could take months for the World Trade Organization (WTO) to hammer out any deal. Read more »

FOCUS: The WTO waiver battle over IP rights of COVID-19 jabs

Agnès Pedrero, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 09:21 PM

Sudden US backing for a global waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines offers hope to poor nations struggling for doses -- but the big pharma industry thinks the notion misguided.   Read more »

WTO calls for agreement for fair access to COVID-19 jabs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 10:55 AM

The World Trade Organization chief called Wednesday for international agreement on how to ensure more equal access to COVID-19 vaccines, amid an ongoing standoff over a proposed patent waiver for the jabs.   Read more »

WTO chief lays out global action to increase vaccine access

Reuters
Posted at Apr 15 07:08 AM

The head of the World Trade Organization laid out a series of actions for countries and drug makers to increase production of coronavirus vaccines and share them more widely and fairly. Read more »

Suez Canal could be blocked for weeks by 'beached whale' ship

Yusri Mohamed, Gavin Maguire and Florence Tan, Reuters
Posted at Mar 26 08:36 AM

A huge container ship blocking the Suez Canal like a "beached whale" may take weeks to free, the salvage company said, as officials stopped all ships entering the channel on Thursday in a new setback for global trade. Read more »

WTO boss seeks boost for COVID-19 vaccine production, gets backing

Emma Farge, Reuters
Posted at Mar 10 08:35 AM

The World Trade Organization's chief on Tuesday called for action on boosting COVID-19 vaccine production in developing countries as several members of the global trade watchdog urged her to hold urgent talks with manufacturers to do so. Read more »

US to impose anti-dumping tax on 18 countries

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 03 05:32 PM

The US Department of Commerce is preparing to tax aluminum sheet exporters from 18 countries after determining Tuesday they had benefited from subsidies and dumping. Read more »

Hopes for WTO momentum as new boss takes charge

Agnès Pedrero, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 01 04:25 PM

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes over the World Trade Organization on Monday amid hopes that she will spur the beleaguered body into addressing its towering challenges, including the pandemic-fuelled global economic crisis. Read more »

WTO to rule on US ban on 'Made in Hong Kong' label

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 23 08:49 AM

The World Trade Organization agreed Monday to establish a dispute resolution panel on the new US rule that all goods imported from Hong Kong must be stamped "Made in China". Read more »

WTO needs to show results on economic crisis, vaccines: Okonjo-Iweala

Heather Scott, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 17 12:48 PM

Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, newly selected head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), said Tuesday she will push for concrete results in addressing the dual economic and health crises facing the globe. Read more »

First woman, first African: Nigeria's Okonjo-Iweala makes history as WTO head

Emma Farge and Andrea Shalal, Reuters
Posted at Feb 16 11:21 AM

Three months after the Trump administration rejected her, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala received unanimous backing on Monday to become the first woman and first African director-general of the World Trade Organization. Read more »

U.K. formally requests to join TPP free trade pact

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 02 12:58 PM

The United Kingdom made a formal request Monday to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact, the first accession application by a member outside the 11 participating Pacific countries. Read more »

PH GDP seen to grow 3 percent in 2021, 'best case' at 4 percent

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 01:17 PM

An economist is forecasting a 3-percent growth in the country's gross domestic product (GDP) this year, and a best-case scenario at 4 percent, which would depend on the pace of COVID-19 vaccine rollout and government spending on infrastructure and agriculture. Read more »