News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Friday, April 25, 2025
There is loads going on in the WTO this week: the end of the COVID-19 Geneva institution lockdown is on! Some meetings are still held online, though. There was a Trade Negotiation Committee meeting on Monday, there will be a General Council meeting over the next two days with a …
Three candidates from African continent So now it’s official. There are now three candidates from the African continent vying for the WTO’s director-general job. Kenya submitted the candidacy of Amina Mohamed, a high-profile Kenyan politician and a former envoy to the WTO who hosted the last ministerial meeting in Nairobi …
So it looks like there is no obvious European Union candidate left to pull out of the hat like a rabbit ahead of next week’s deadline to file CVs for the director-general role for the World Trade Organization. With Hogan having pulled out of the race, and former ITC chief …
COVID-19 trade collapse “could have been worse” says WTO’s Azevêdo The WTO released fresh data on global trade flows during the pandemic. Initial estimates for the second quarter, when the virus and associated lockdown measures affected a large share of the global population, indicate a year‑on‑year drop of around 18.5%,” …
