About the WTO
Introduction
The overall objective of the WTO is to help its members use trade as a means to raise living standards create jobs and improve people’s lives. The WTO operates the global system of trade rules and helps developing economies build their trade capacity. It also provides a forum for its members to negotiate trade agreements and to resolve the trade problems they face with each other.
What we do
The WTO operates the global system of trade rules guaranteeing WTO member governments important trade rights.
Trade policy implications of a changing world
Means of Liberalization and Beyond
Costa Rica - Measures Concerning the Importation of Fresh Avocados from Mexico
Regulatory disciplines on the mobility of service professionals
The future of global value chains and the role of the WTO
Implementing the WTO agreement on fisheries subsidies
The WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies adopted at the 12th Ministerial Conference marks a major step forward for ocean sustainability by prohibiting harmful fisheries subsidies which are a key factor in the widespread depredation of the world’s fish stocks. Implementing the new disciplines will present challenges for many developing country members especially least-developed countries. The objective of this report is to examine existing bilateral and multilateral assistance in support of sustainable fisheries including how this may help countries meet obligations under the new Agreement.
Türkiye - the Production, Importation and Marketing of Pharmaceutical Products
United States - Countervailing Measures on Supercalendered Paper from Canada
The Impact of Geopolitical Conflicts on Trade, Growth, and Innovation
Comparing different approaches to tackle the challenges of global carbon pricing
Preference utilization in the global economy
European Union - Safeguard Measures on Certain Steel Products
Applying import-adjustmed demand methodology to trade analysis during the COVID-19 crisis
Aid for Trade Global Review 2022
Aid for Trade seeks to enable developing countries and in particular least-developed countries (LDCs) to use trade as a means of fostering economic growth sustainable development and poverty reduction. It promotes the integration of developing countries especially LDCs into the multilateral trading system and aims to galvanize support to build supply-side capacity and trade-related infrastructure in these countries to improve trade performance. This publication draws on the responses provided by participants to the questionnaire of the 2022 OECD–WTO Aid for Trade monitoring and evaluation (M&E) exercise which underpins the WTO’s 2022 Global Review of Aid for Trade. This publication presents an analysis of the M&E questionnaire responses and describes priority areas and issues for the Aid for Trade Initiative for 2022 and the coming years.
Introduction
Aid for Trade seeks to enable developing countries and in particular least-developed countries (LDCs) to use trade as a means of fostering economic growth sustainable development and poverty reduction. It promotes the integration of developing countries especially LDCs into the multilateral trading system and aims to galvanize support to build supply-side capacity and trade-related infrastructure in these countries to improve trade performance.
Foreword
The successful conclusion to the WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) is an important step towards a stronger and more effective multilateral trading system. MC12 shows that the WTO delivers results for the benefit of people around the world. MC12 has also highlighted the important role of the WTO in addressing the problems of the global commons in areas such as the environment and food security and in acting in the interests of members across different levels of economic development.