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October 11, 2025

WTO ‘Call to Action’ Seeks To Reduce ‘Disinclination’ To Finance SMEs

A new World Trade Organization report focuses attention on the perceived “lack of trade finance” as a “significant non-tariff barrier to trade” for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), primarily in developing countries. “Trade financing gaps arise due to a mix of structural and development factors,” the report says, adding: “The disinclination of the global financial sector to invest in developing countries after the 2008-09 financial crisis compounds the problem as local-banking sectors are often not equipped to fill the market...

Malmstrom Says Digital Trade, Investment Most Relevant Areas For WTO To Take Up

Speech

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EU Report Recommends Using Preferential Trade Agreements To Support, Not Replace, Multilateralism

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WTO Solicits Proposals For Its 2016 Public Forum Focused On 'Inclusive Trade'

Press Release

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Azevedo Says Divisions Persist Over Future Of Doha Agenda, Tackling Non-Doha Issues

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Malmstrom Says EU To Pursue Plurilaterals Absent Progress At WTO

Speech By EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom

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Azevedo Says WTO Members Still Seeking To Deliver On Doha Issues But Remain Divided In Approach

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U.S., EU Call For Plurilateral Approach In WTO NAMA Talks; Others Skeptical

The United States and European Union are pressing for a plurilateral approach to negotiations on industrial goods at the World Trade Organization that would entail seeking plurilateral deals to eliminate tariffs on specific sectors such as chemicals, according to informed sources. But the idea was rejected or met with skepticism by many WTO members that prefer the multilateral approach because of links to the agriculture negotiations and the assurance of having special and differential treatment, according to Geneva sources. The...

Azevedo Says WTO Members Must Think 'Creatively' To Overcome Divisions

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DG Azevêdo: LDC issues remain a clear priority

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo took part today (18 April) in a retreat organized by the Least-Developed Country (LDC) Group of WTO members, held in Montreux, Switzerland. The aim of the retreat was to reflect on the outcomes of the WTO’s Tenth Ministerial Conference, held in Nairobi in December 2015, and to discuss how LDC issues can be further advanced in future negotiations.

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Doha’s Outlook: The ‘Ambition Level’ Seems ‘Clearly Reduced’

At the World Trade Organization, this week’s words describing the outlook for Doha Round progress are clearly tempered, the latest examples coming both from a high-level perspective and when drilled down to the specific issue of non-agricultural market access (NAMA). Two fresh examples: WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo telling an audience of economists in Indonesia that “all WTO members want to deliver” on outstanding issues but that’s as far as agreement goes; and the head of WTO’s market access negotiating group...