Ambassador Shea: "Mr. Chairman, one of the most critical issues facing the WTO membership is China’s failure to fully embrace the open, market-oriented policies on which this institution is founded."
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 27 July, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador WTO, Economic Affairs, Featured Event, News, Trade
| Tags: International Trade
Today we are pleased to have the chance to review developments since the 2012 TPR and discuss Israel’s recent economic performance.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 18 July, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador WTO, Featured Event, Former U.S. Ambassadors, News, Trade
| Tags: International Trade
Given the importance of China to the future of the World Trade Organization (WTO), I believe that we should be frank and direct in discussing China’s role as a WTO Member and the nature of its trade policies and practices.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 11 July, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador WTO, East Asia & Pacific, Economic Affairs, Featured Event, News, Trade
| Tags: International Trade
The United States’ trade relationship with Uruguay is strong, positive, and growing. In 2006, the United States and Uruguay signed a bilateral investment treaty; and in 2007, we signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA).
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 27 June, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador WTO, Economic Affairs, Featured Event, News, Trade, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: International Trade
The United States and Norway enjoy a long tradition of friendly relations, based on shared values and principles, including a robust trade and investment relationship.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 18 June, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador WTO, Economic Affairs, Europe & Eurasia, Featured Event, News, Trade
| Tags: International Trade
As Colombia’s number one trading partner, the United States has a strong, positive, and growing commercial relationship with Colombia.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 12 June, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Ambassador WTO, Economic Affairs, Featured Event, News, Trade, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: International Trade
Both Guinea and Mauritania have faced challenges over the review period caused by the global decline in commodity prices earlier this decade, and Guinea also had to deal with the scourge of the Ebola epidemic.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 1 June, 2018 | Topics:
Africa, Ambassador WTO, Economic Affairs, Featured Event, News, Trade
Statement by Ambassador Dennis Shea, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative and U.S. Permanent Representative to the WTO Geneva, May 29, 2018 Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes Secretary General Cisse and Minister Hamdi Ould Mouknass and their respective delegations to this, Guinea’s fourth and Mauritania’s third WTO Trade Policy Review. We appreciate the Secretariat’s thorough ...
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 29 May, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Ambassador WTO, Trade
Both Guinea and Mauritania have faced challenges over the review period caused by the global decline in commodity prices earlier this decade, and Guinea also had to deal with the scourge of the Ebola epidemic.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 28 May, 2018 | Topics:
Africa, Ambassador WTO, Economic Affairs, Featured Event, News, Trade
The United States appreciates the opportunity afforded by this agenda item to address concerns surrounding the functioning of the WTO’s dispute settlement system in general, and of the Appellate Body in particular.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 8 May, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Ambassador WTO, News, Trade
| Tags: International Trade
Ambassador Dennis Shea: "I am committed to engaging with each of you in a constructive spirit that always aims to make the WTO better and more effective. I look forward to the friendships that will develop among us as we pursue that work."
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 7 May, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Ambassador WTO, Trade
Montenegro has achieved many economic successes in recent years. Perhaps most importantly, is its accession to the WTO in 2012, and since then it has made many significant contributions to the WTO. Montenegro is, simply put, an outstanding “citizen” of this organization.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 25 April, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Ambassador WTO, News, Trade
Thank you for organizing this session, which has helped put a human face on migration, reminding us that our work together is about much more than migration – it is about people and human experience.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 30 November, 2015 | Topics:
Ambassador WTO, USUN
