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10 Feb 2022 Latest news

Dear maria CHADZIDAKIS VAVOURANAKIS, Below are the news items published today on the WTO public website

NEWS ITEM WTO members, international organizations outline Aid for Trade activities amid COVID-19 An overview of recent Aid for Trade activities was given by WTO members, international financial institutions and observer organisations at a session of the Committee on Trade and Development on 8 February dedicated to the Aid for Trade initiative. A workshop organized by the Committee on 7 February explored how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift towards the digital economy and the constraints that developing countries face. News item   ⟶

NEWS ITEM Working group on small business welcomes three more members At its first meeting of the year, on 8 February, the Informal Working Group on Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) welcomed Georgia, the Gambia, and Macao, China, to the Group, bringing the total number of WTO members participating in the initiative to 94. Participants heard an update on the recently launched Trade4MSMEs platform and discussed various issues facing MSMEs. News item   ⟶