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12 Mar 2026 Latest news

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NEWS ITEM Director-General updates members on final preparations for “turning point” ministerial Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala updated members on final preparations for the WTO’s upcoming 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaoundé, Cameroon, to take place on 26-29 March. She told a 10-12 March meeting of the General Council that she intends to send to ministers an informal “state-of-play” package next week with documents representing the current state of work in Geneva, as well as a final “Road to Yaoundé” document outlining how MC14 will be conducted. News item   ⟶

NEWS ITEM Members mark two years of verification procedure guidelines, discuss 70 trade concerns Members of the WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) met from 3 to 6 March 2026, dedicating a full day to discussing how coherent testing helps build market access for enterprises as well as consumer confidence. They also discussed 70 trade concerns, 18 of which were raised for the first time. News item   ⟶

NEWS ITEM Russia notifies launch of safeguard investigation on tinplate On 11 March 2026, the Russian Federation notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it had initiated on 4 March 2026 a safeguard investigation on tinplate (certain flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel) imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union. News item   ⟶

 

NEWS ITEM Launch of third phase of EIF activities at MC14 high-level event A high-level event marking the launch of the Enhanced Integrated Framework’s (EIF) third phase of activities will take place on the margins of the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 25 March. The EIF’s work is dedicated to harnessing trade and investment for prosperity and sustainable economic growth in least-developed countries (LDCs). News item   ⟶