Finland has pledged EUR 2.5 million to the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), providing an important early boost to the initiative’s third phase of activities in support of least developed countries (LDCs), set to begin in October 2025. The contribution builds on over a decade of Finnish commitments, totalling nearly EUR 30 million (over USD 32 million), in support of the EIF Trust Fund.
The WTO Secretariat is hosting on 10-14 June the final stage of the 23rd edition of the John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition on WTO Law taking place at the WTO’s headquarters in Geneva. Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Deputy Director-General Angela Ellard welcomed participants to the WTO and to the international trade community.
At a meeting on 12 June, WTO members exchanged views on ways to reinvigorate work under the Council for Trade in Services in special session, the body responsible for negotiations on improving members’ schedules of commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). The Chair, Ambassador Adamu Mohammed Abdulhamid of Nigeria, reported on the outcomes of his recent consultations with members, highlighting the importance of revitalizing work in line with the Ministerial Declaration adopted at the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13).
