symbol
Lao PDR joins information technology agreements

Lao PDR joins information technology agreements

category: General
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) has become a new participant of both the WTO’s Information Technology Agreement (ITA) and ITA Expansion (ITA II), making it the first least developed country to join these agreements.
Read more
Workshop on Information Technology Agreement to be held in September 2021

Workshop on Information Technology Agreement to be held in September 2021

category: General
A WTO workshop to discuss developments in information and communications technology (ICT) will take place on 16 September in Geneva, according to today’s decision made at the meeting of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) Committee.
Read more
ITA expansion commitments

ITA expansion commitments

category: General
A large majority of participants in the newly-expanded Information Technology Agreement (ITA) have now implemented their tariff commitments under the deal, with full implementation on track for the near future. Reporting on behalf of the
Read more
ITA expansion negotiations

ITA expansion negotiations

category: General
The last round of negotiations in the ITA expansion took place during the first two weeks of December 2015. Unfortunately, a deal was not reached. Capital delegates and Geneva-based delegates from 54 participating countries met
Read more
Russia joins WTO’s ITA

Russia joins WTO’s ITA

category: General
Today, the Committee of Participants in the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products confirmed that the Russian Federation has joined the WTO plurilateral agreement, becoming its 78th member. Russia joined the WTO
Read more
ITA Committee meeting

ITA Committee meeting

category: General
After the conclusion of the symposium, we continued with the ITA Committee meeting. At the outset, the Chairman had a brief recount of the symposium, where he stated the
Read more
ITA 15th anniversary symposium

ITA 15th anniversary symposium

category: General
Last week we had an ITA intensive schedule. The week began with a Symposium celebrating the 15th anniversary of the ITA. At the opening session, Pascal Lamy
Read more
What is the World Trade Organization?

What is the World Trade Organization?

category: General
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is a global intergovernmental organization, much like the United Nations (UN), and the only one of its type to deal with the rules of trade between
Read more