Plastics Dialogue coordinators issue MC14 ministerial statement, technical outcome package
On 26 March, the opening day of the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14), the six co-coordinators of the Dialogue on Plastics Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade (DPP) — Australia, Barbados, China, Ecuador, Fiji and Morocco — presented a ministerial...
China commits USD 1.1 million to support WTO accession, LDCs and technical assistance
In two separate contributions, the government of China has pledged USD 1.1 million (close to CHF 900,000) for 2026 to support the WTO’s Least-Developed Countries (LDCs) and Accessions Programme (also known as the China Programme) as well as the general fund that...
United Kingdom donates CHF 1.56 million to WTO development programmes
The United Kingdom has contributed GBP 500,000 to the WTO's Global Trust Fund and GBP 1 million to the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) — support totalling approximately CHF 1.56 million — to enhance the capacity of developing economies, including...