On 20 January, Switzerland became the first WTO member to formally submit its acceptance of the WTO's new Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, paving the way for the historic agreement for ocean sustainability to enter into force. Swiss Minister Guy Parmelin, Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, presented his country's instrument of acceptance to Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the informal WTO ministerial meeting held on the side lines of the ...
At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos this week, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala urged governments to respond to growing fragmentation by strengthening multilateralism and making a success of the WTO's upcoming 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13), building on the unprecedented package of trade outcomes achieved at MC12. "Let's get to delivering results," she said to trade ministers at the close of the week at an informal ministerial gathering on WTO issues hosted by the ...
Ministers Schreinemacher (Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking) en Jetten (Klimaat en Energie) informeren de Tweede Kamer over de voortgang van de mondiale klimaatdiplomatie.
Wil je het laatste nieuws in jouw mailbox ontvangen? Meld je dan aan voor de nieuwsbrief.