Turkmenistan formally applies for WTO membership | Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala received on 24 November Turkmenistan's official application to join the WTO under Article XII of the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization. It has requested that the application be placed before the WTO's 12th Ministerial Conference,... | Lees verder | General Council decides to postpone MC12 indefinitely | The General Council agreed late Friday (26 November) to postpone the imminent Ministerial Conference after an outbreak of a particularly transmissible strain of the COVID-19 virus led several governments to impose travel restrictions that would have prevented many ministers from reaching Geneva. | Lees verder | WTO, IFC heads agree to enhance cooperation on trade finance | WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and International Finance Corporation (IFC) Managing Director Makhtar Diop agreed on 29 November to enhance cooperation between the two organizations in order to explore ways to improve the availability of trade financing for regions in need. | Lees verder | |