Tag: WTO
ECOWAS senior trade officials adopt recommendation to establish regional working group...
SAT MAY 18 2024-theGBJournal| Senior Trade Officials from ECOWAS Member States have adopted a recommendation to establish a Regional Working Group on the Tariff...
Nigeria formally accepts WTO agreement on Fisheries Subsidies
TUE, JUNE 13 2023-theGBJournal |Nigeria deposited its instrument of acceptance for the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on 12 June, making it the second African...
WTO Chief Okonjo-Iweala calls for global carbon price, reforms to tariffs...
...Skewed import tariffs favouring high-carbon products must be eliminated, says WTO chief
...Government must cut red tape to accelerate permitting for green infrastructure, or risk...
Global Coordination could unlock more efficient trade, new TradeTech report reveals
…TradeTech, the set of technologies that enables global trade and its digitalization, is critical for trade and supply chain resilience and economic recovery
…World Economic...
WTO DG Okonjo-Iweala welcomes breakthrough on COVID-19 vaccine waiver
…The European Union, India, South Africa and the United States is an essential element to any final deal
WED 16 MARCH, 2022-theGBJournal| World Trade Organization...
CEOs to World Leaders: Now is the time for Trade Reform
…The trading system must adapt to address new concerns of global resiliency, sustainability and inclusivity
…Nearly 30 CEOs and Chairpersons from five continents called on...
Action on trade is necessary for businesses to unlock net zero...
MON 20 SEPT, 2021-theGBJournal- For businesses to reach their emission targets, the global trading system needs to adapt, and businesses are calling for the...
Put adaptation atop the Climate Change Agenda, global leaders urge ahead...
…“We are in the eye of the storm”
…The leaders underlined the imperative for all countries to step up climate adaptation initiatives while mitigating carbon...
UBA Group Africa conversations: President Kagame, Okonjo-Iweala and Makhtar Diop lead...
By Charles Ike-Okoh
WED 26 MAY, 2021-theGBJournal-The conversation yesterday of African leading voices at a panel session discussion-the UBA Group Africa Conversation-has come at a...
Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala: Trade and development In discourse
By Issa Aremu
FRI 19 MARCH, 2021-theGBJournal- “Nigeria’s share in world trade is 0.33 per cent.” “Nigeria’s share in Africa’s trade is 19 per cent, ...