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Dear maria CHADZIDAKIS VAVOURANAKIS,
Below are the news items published today on the WTO public website |
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| E-commerce negotiators vow to intensify work in coming year |
| At their last meeting of the year, participants in the negotiations on e-commerce intensified their efforts from 28 November-1 December to bridge differences on text proposals. The co-convenors of the negotiations — Australia, Japan and Singapore — set out a road map for future work, aiming to accelerate the pace in 2023. |
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| Members put trade facilitation support in sharper focus, aim to close gaps in next 2 years |
| WTO members on 1 December held focused discussions on how to better assist developing and least-developed countries in meeting their commitment to implement certain provisions of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) in 2023 and 2024. Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called for more cooperation amid global shocks and technological advances to ensure no member is left behind. |
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| Investment facilitation talks gear up to deliver stabilized text by end of the year |
| Participants in the investment facilitation for development (IFD) talks will hold a new round of meetings on 14-16 December with the aim of producing a single, as “clean as possible” negotiating text by the end of the year. At the last plenary meeting, held on 25 November, the co-coordinators announced that the final plenary session of 2022 will take place at ambassador level, with the participation of capital-based experts both in-person and online. |
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