Latest WTO News

FIT members commit to smoother trade
Federal Leader’s address to NSW Nationals Annual General Conference
Communique – Sixth meeting of the Ministerial Council on Trade and Investment
Travel To France
Rising geoplitical tensions show why Canada’s agri-food trade strategy needs to change
Japan-Australia Ministerial Economic Dialogue Joint Ministerial Statement
Sweet: the quest for a sugar alternative
NZ Ambassador to Chair WTO General Council
Joint Statement Australia-France Ministerial Trade and Investment Dialogue
McClay attends key WTO negotiations
A crucial meeting aims to remake the WTO to fit the new global order
Australia can no longer be complacent about Trump’s America. It’s time to chart a new course
Joint New Zealand – Uruguay statement
How the AI boom was enabled by a 1970s economic revolution
Australia-EU Ministerial Meeting In Brussels
A-EU FTA Negotiations Must Rectify Punitive Access
Tariffs might seem manageable now – but they’ll quietly squeeze households later
Australia-Germany Foreign Ministers’ statement
What Canada can learn from Mexico’s approach to U.S. trade
The World Trade Organization is on life support. Will Trump’s new rules finish it off?
New Zealand secures landmark Free Trade Agreement with India
Newest UNITAR-FAO “Agriculture in Trade Agreements” Course in Arabic Concluded
Exporters to benefit from CPTPP’s growing membership and new links to the EU and ASEAN
OECD appoints František Ruzicka and Yasushi Masaki as new Deputy Secretaries-General
Strengthening Australia’s trade remedies system: have your say
Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of the Nordic Countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden) and New Zealand, 29 October 2025
Visit To South Africa And Kenya
CER Trade Ministers Agree To Fast Track Single Economic Market Agenda
Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Ministerial Meeting – October 2025
CER Trade Ministers To Discuss More Ambitious Single Economic Market (SEM)
Australia and Pacific island countries welcome world first fisheries subsidies treaty
FAO Welcomes WTO Agreement On Fisheries Subsidies
Case For Trade-proofing Australia’s New Vape Laws
Communique – Fifth meeting of the Ministerial Council on Trade and Investment
Statement on Joint Outcomes of the China-Australia Annual Leaders’ Meeting
Backing fair trade and healthy oceans
U.S. tariffs are about to trigger the greatest trade diversion the world has ever seen
Canada was mostly spared from Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, but it must not grow complacent
Australian Governments Must Beat Trump’s Tariffs with a Nation Building Approach
US tariffs will upend global trade. This is how Australia can respond
The next round in the US trade war has the potential to be more damaging for Australia
Protectionism has a long history in the US – so its return should not be all that surprising
With Australian steel and aluminium set to incur US tariffs, global uncertainty will be our next challenge
Politics with Michelle Grattan: James Curran on Trump, Ukraine, shifting tectonic plates, and a bigger Australian defence bill
Politcs with Michelle Grattan: James Curran on Trump, Ukraine, shifting tectonic plates, and a bigger Australian defence bill
The Canada Carbon Rebate is still widely misunderstood – here’s why
WHO, WIPO, and WTO hold first joint briefing for Geneva-based officials
Avian Flu: How Scientists and Farmers are Working to Adapt