Members hereby agree as follows: 1. In order to ensure transparency of the legal rights and obligations deriving from paragraph 1(b) of Article II, the nature and level of any "other duties or charges ...

On 5 August 2026, the United Kingdom notified the WTO's Committee on Safeguards that it had initiated, on the same day, a safeguard investigation on imports of certain polyethylene terephthalate (PET) ...

Sixty-six members, covering approximately 70% of global trade, have adopted a pathway to bring into force the WTO Agreement on Electronic Commerce through interim arrangements while continuing to work ...

The 129 WTO members participating in the Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement (IFDA) issued a joint ministerial declaration on 29 March at the end of the 14th Ministerial Conference in ...

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints and a vital channel for international trade. Located between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, it is a key pathway ...

On 28 July, the WTO circulated the panel report in the case brought by China in "Türkiye - Measures Concerning Electric Vehicles and Other Types of Vehicles from China" (DS629). Problems viewing this ...

At a meeting of the Working Party on the Accession of Uzbekistan on 9 March, the head of Uzbekistan's delegation, Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khodjaev, said his country is committed to bringing ...

WTO schedules of concessions, often referred to as “Goods Schedules”, are legal instruments that form an integral part of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the WTO Agreement. These ...

The principles and procedural requirements set out by the text of the Agreement do not automatically apply to all the procurement activities of each party. Only those specified in the parties' ...

A new Trade Policy Activity (TPA) index by WTO and IMF economists shows a marked rise in trade policy activity during 2025-26, alongside heightened trade policy tensions among large economies, against ...

The sequence of steps indicated above in the analysis of a claim of justification under Article XX reflects, not inadvertence or random choice, but rather the fundamental structure and logic of ...

The fundamental goal of the WTO is to improve the welfare of people around the world. The WTO’s founding Marrakesh Agreement recognizes that trade should be conducted with a view to raising standards ...