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04 Dec 2025 Latest news

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NEWS ITEM DDG Paugam highlights WTO’s role in promoting coherent global approaches to AI At the International AI Standards Summit held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on 2-3 December, Deputy Director-General Jean-Marie Paugam emphasized the importance of the multilateral trading system in fostering trustworthy, interoperable and inclusive standards for artificial intelligence (AI). News item   ⟶

NEWS ITEM Members prepare for 2026 TFA review and examine capacity building support At the Committee on Trade Facilitation meeting on 1-3 December 2025, WTO members laid the groundwork for the second review of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) in 2026, held its annual dedicated session on technical assistance and capacity building support, and continued experience-sharing sessions on digitalization and authorized economic operators (AEOs). News item   ⟶

NEWS ITEM WTO members review five regional trade agreements, discuss transparency issues At a meeting of the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) on 2 December, WTO members reviewed five regional trade agreements involving China, Ecuador, Israel, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Türkiye, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. They also reviewed other topics relevant to the Committee’s work under the Transparency Mechanism for RTAs. News item   ⟶

 

NEWS ITEM WTO, World Bank launch new tools to support developing economies on services trade At the Trade in Services for Development (TS4D) Conference on 3 and 4 December, the WTO Secretariat and the World Bank launched new analytical and capacity building tools to help developing economies harness the potential of services trade to drive economic growth. The new tools, accessible through an online platform unveiled at the conference, include a services trade competitiveness dashboard to help policymakers assess their economy’s performance and the Handbook on Good Regulatory Practices, which includes a diagnostic and planning tool for regulatory reform. News item   ⟶

NEWS ITEM WTO issues updated compendium of WTO agreements An update of the WTO’s legal compendium has been published bringing together all of the WTO’s agreements into one volume. The book, titled The WTO Agreements: The Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization and its Annexes, includes for the first time the text of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, which entered into force on 15 September 2025. News item   ⟶

NEWS ITEM Members review potential deliverables on special and differential treatment in MC14 run-up At a meeting of the Committee on Trade and Development in Special Session (CTD SS) on 5 December, members considered two new G-90 proposals concerning implementation of special and differential treatment (S&DT) provisions in WTO’s Agreements on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT). They also discussed a list of possible incentives to guide reporting under Article 66.2 of the Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and reviewed next steps in Committee work ahead of the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) and beyond. News item   ⟶