Changing demands and emerging risks mean states are wise to seek a new deal with investors.
Poultry tariffs to protect the local industry against import dumping have come into effect, meaning consumers will see the price of their meat rise.
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/ 18 December 2011
The WTO has wrapped up a ministerial meeting on the Doha Round of negotiations for a global free trade pact with some minister calling for a new path.
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/ 14 December 2011
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says the developmental mandate will be fundamental at the World Trade Organisation’s ministerial conference.
The South African Tyre Manufacturers Conference has levelled some stinging criticisms at Itac following its protracted anti-dumping struggle.
China will appeal a World Trade Organisation rejection of its curbs on exports of industrial raw materials, the government has said.
The Doha round of trade talks will not finish this year — "the 2011 window of opportunity is closed", says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies.
The government’s local procurement conditions could be in defiance of its WTO commitments.
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/ 28 September 2009
G20 leaders must give their negotiators more flexibility to ensure they can actually reach a global trade deal, the head of the WTO said on Monday.
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/ 12 September 2009
China lashed a US decision to impose duties on Chinese-made tyres, calling them flagrant protectionism.
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/ 3 September 2009
Trade ministers meet in New Delhi for talks that the WTO says could lay the groundwork for a push to reach a new global free-trade pact next year.
Emerging countries such as China, India, Brazil and South Africa must open their markets to secure a new global trade deal, the US said on Wednesday.
The Doha round of global trade talks could be concluded within eight months, the head of the WTO said on Tuesday.
Leaders should make early efforts to conclude the Doha round of global trade talks as a key part of fighting the crisis, the head of the WTO said.
Seventy-six years ago, hopes were high that an international meeting held at the Geological Museum in London would provide a boost for the economy.
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/ 31 January 2009
Trade ministers from two dozen countries met in the Swiss ski resort of Davos on Saturday amid fears that protectionism is increasing.
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/ 23 January 2009
The WTO hopes that trade powers will renew efforts to reach a deal in the long-running Doha talks to free up global commerce this year.
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/ 7 December 2008
World Trade Organisation director general Pascal Lamy urged member nations to show flexibility and narrow their remaining differences on
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/ 24 November 2008
A report has called for rich nations to make the first cuts in greenhouse gases while developing countries carry on as usual for the time being.
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/ 15 October 2008
Leaders from Brazil and South Africa on Wednesday blamed rich countries for the financial crisis that is hurting the developing world.
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/ 24 September 2008
The financial crisis should not undermine efforts to open up the global economy, the head of the World Trade Organisation said on Wednesday.
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/ 11 September 2008
Auto manufacturers in South Africa are expected to double vehicle production by 2020 in response to revised government incentives, say experts.
Russia decided on Monday to break off some trade agreements reached during negotiations to join the World Trade Organisation.
India urges developed nations to return to the negotiating table to work out a new global trade deal — but only if they are willing to give.
World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks, which collapsed last month, need to resume soon to build on existing compromises, the WTO farm mediator says.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is working to salvage world trade talks that recently collapsed.
Clinching a deal would have provided a powerful vote of confidence in globalisation from the WTO’s 153 members, in the face of the world economic slowdown.
African governments trying to help their populations cope with rising food prices should target measures to help poor families and avoid waste.
Ministers saw a "new order" take hold of global trade on Wednesday, with emerging economies calling the shots after WTO talks collapsed.
China blamed ”selfish” wealthy Western nations on Wednesday for the latest failure to conclude long-running talks to free up global trade.
Marathon talks for a global trade deal collapsed on Tuesday after a clash over agriculture between the US and emerging heavyweights.
Talks to rescue a world trade deal struggled into a ninth day on Tuesday after being brought back from the brink of collapse.