Singapore has inked a multilateral trade pact with Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, that aims to ease market access and explore opportunities in e-commerce and technology innovation, amongst others.

What is a plurilateral agreement at the WTO, what is the background of the IFA negotiations, who are its main proponents, ...

In June 2022, the World Trade Organization (WTO) concluded negotiations on the Fisheries Subsidies Agreement (FSA), an important multilateral pact addressing state-sponsored subsidies that are a key ...

WTO members confounded expectations last week by concluding a deal on fisheries subsidies, the first major multilateral agreement in nearly a decade. But the trade body is not out of the woods yet.

After two COVID-19-related postponements, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) 12th ministerial conference (MC12) was held in Geneva from 12–17 June 2022. Expectations for a successful meeting were low ...

A Canadian trade group is seeking reciprocal treatment on imported American steel, while a U.S. Congress group is urging officials to reach a multilateral agreement to address global overcapacity. “We ...

At the WTO's 13th Ministerial Conference, three-quarters of the members, mainly developing nations, advocated for the integration of a new Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement (IFDA) that ...

The agreement also involved Belgium, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the UK, as well as EURATOM and the European Bank for Reconstruction and ...