South Africa hails COVID vaccine patent waiver
South Africa on Saturday hailed a WTO agreement to allow developing countries to start producing their own COVID vaccines following ...
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Ministers extend talks to save WTO agreements
GENEVA, Switzerland—Ministers were frantically haggling through the night into Thursday at the World Trade Organization in a bid to salvage ...
Read moreWTO goes green as climate change influences trade
GENEVA, Switzerland—The World Trade Organization’s boss insisted Monday that turning trade green was now urgent business, with the WTO putting ...
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WTO seeks shot in the arm with COVID jab IP idea
The WTO's search for a role in fighting the pandemic sharpened up on Monday as ministers seek a compromise to ...
Read moreUkrainian, Russian forces fight for ‘every meter’ of eastern city
Kramatorsk, Ukraine—Ukrainian and Russian forces were fighting for “literally every meter” in Severodonetsk, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, as fighting intensified ...
Read morePH, Thailand sign agreement to resolve cigarette trade dispute
The Philippines and Thailand signed a bilateral understanding on agreed procedures to resolve the decade-long trade dispute involving Philippine exports ...
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WTO warns against dividing world economy over war in Ukraine
The WTO warned Tuesday that Russia's war in Ukraine had darkened the prospects for world trade as it sounded the ...
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WTO largely sides with S. Korea in US washer dispute
The World Trade Organization on Tuesday largely sided with Seoul in a years-long dispute with the United States over tariffs ...
Read moreWTO chief set to launch internal shake-up to revitalize organization
Geneva, Switzerland—The World Trade Organization was to launch an internal shake-up on Tuesday in a bid to inject some life ...
Read moreEU starts WTO case vs. China over Lithuania
The European Union on Thursday launched a case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against China for targeting Lithuania over ...
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