Deforestation-free value chains must not shut out small producers
Stories & Blogs ITC (Speech )Deputy Executive Director Dorothy Tembo delivered her opening remarks at the Deforestation-Free Value Chains Roundtable, part of the WTO’s Committee on Trade and Environment session.
The Startup Act takes shape in Côte d’Ivoire
Stories & Blogs ITC (Update )Adopted in November 2023, the Startup Act continues to roll out in Côte d’Ivoire. The Ministry of Digital Transition and Digitization organized a roundtable on implementing the Act.
DG Okonjo-Iweala welcomes President Assoumani of Comoros to the WTO
Stories & Blogs WTO (News )The President announced that his country had taken the first step to ratify its imminent WTO membership.
Trade growth likely to pick up in 2024 in spite of challenging environment.
Stories & Blogs WTO (News )The latest edition of the WTO’s “Global Trade Outlook and Statistics” foresees a gradual recovery in world merchandise trade volume in 2024 and 2025. This follows a contraction in 2023 driven by the lingering effects of high energy prices and inflation in