Official account of Australia's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO | See also @AustraliaUN_GVA and @AusAmbCH
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During the Global Review of Aid for Trade, Australia and Timor-Leste forged a new partnership with @IISD_news to support Timor-Leste's to engagement @WTO.
Congratulations, Timor-Leste 🇹🇱🇦🇺
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Australia signed a new partnership with @IISD_news to support Pacific Island @ForumSEC countries engage on @WTO reform.
Stronger participation makes for stronger outcomes.🤝
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A showcase of Pacific Island diversity @WTO Global Review of #Aid4Trade 🌺🏝️
Australia was proud to partner with the Pacific Island @ForumSEC and others to showcase Samoan 🇼🇸 & Tahitian 🇵🇫jewellery, Niue 🇳🇺honey, Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 & Vanuatu 🇻🇺chocolate, and PNG 🇵🇬coffee
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What does aid have to do with trade? Quite a lot 🌏
@WTO Global Review of Aid for Trade, we’re taking a closer look at Australia’s Aid for Trade work across the Indo-Pacific.
Learn more: Aid for Trade | Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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This International Women's Day, #balancethescales highlights the ongoing challenges facing women
As co-Chair of the @WTO Working Group on Trade & Gender, Australia is driving real change in advancing gender equality by addressing barriers to women's participation in global trade
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Papua New Guinea is one of Australia’s closest neighbours and truest friends. Australia commends PNG’s active support for the multilateral trading system in its fourth @WTO Trade Policy Review 🇦🇺🇵🇬
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An honour to welcome 🇸🇧 Foreign Minister Shanel Agovaka to the Australian Mission #Geneva
We discussed shared multilateral priorities including fisheries subsidies, Pacific leadership at COP31 and shaping UN80 & WTO reforms to reflect the realities and aspirations of the Pacific
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Pacific honey in🇨🇭A sweet reminder of how the @wto Standards and Trade Development Facility supports developing countries to meet food safety requirements, access new markets & lift living standards through sustainable trade
Find out more wto.org/english/news_e/pres2…
@OfficePacificAU
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Looking forward to joining an inspiring group of women entrepreneurs and global experts at the Digital for Development Forum during #UNCTAD16
Our 3pm panel will explore how to break down barriers for women in digital trade & build more inclusive economies
unctad.org/unctad16/digital-…
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Hear from entrepreneur and SME voices this afternoon at the #WTOPublicForum about how WTO rules - like the e-commerce duty moratorium - help businesses grow🌏
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Pleased to announce that Dauareb Wuthathi woman & global advocate for inclusive trade, Florence Drummond, will join our #WTOPublicForum co-hosted panel to share her perspective on how rules-based & digital trade can support Indigenous businesses
📅17 September 15:15
📍WTO Room W
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Digital trade is growing twice as fast as traditional trade globally. How can the @WTO and its Members continue supporting businesses to thrive and bridge the digital divide?
📢Join us to hear from small & medium-sized business representatives from Asia, Africa & the Pacific.
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With less than a year until MC14, yesterday Australia convened 23 Trade Ministers, joined by @NOIweala to discuss the future of the WTO
A reformed and strengthened WTO will be the cornerstone of the rules-based trading system and our best guarantor of openness and predictability
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Chaired by Australian Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell, the 44th @CairnsGroupWTO Ministerial Meeting emphasised the need for agricultural trade reform at MC14 to level the playing field, improve sustainability and achieve global food security.
Read the joint statement:
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Australia’s commitment to open markets, rules-based trade and the @WTO remains central to our trade policy.
We welcomed the opportunity to answer over 700 questions from Members during our ninth Trade Policy Review.
Read our statement below
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Australia welcomes Ukraine’s delegation to Geneva for its Trade Policy Review.
Russia’s war is causing terrible damage and loss of life in Ukraine. It is also propelling a global crisis in food & energy security. Australia commends Ukraine’s resilience in face of such challenges
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Australia and Solomon Islands share a region, an ocean and a history of partnership. We wish it success with its fourth @wto Trade Policy Review 🇦🇺🇸🇧
Read Australia's statement below
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Trade and climate policy can work together to accelerate the green transition
Thank you @fekita_u, @AliceTipping and @frankjotzo for joining us in the Australian Pavilion last week at @COP29_AZ to discuss how trade can help us reduce emissions and protect the environment
#COP29
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Australia commends Brunei’s commitment to supporting the rules-based multilateral trading system, and welcomes the announcement that Brunei will join the WTO Agreement on electronic commerce.
Read Australia’s statement to Brunei’s @WTO Trade Policy Review below 👇
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Australia has long valued Paraguay’s efforts to advance agricultural trade reform @WTO, including as a member of @CairnsGroupWTO.
Read Australia’s statement to Paraguay’s Fifth Trade Policy Review below. 🇵🇾🇦🇺
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The E-Commerce Joint Statement Initiative offers a predictable and stable digital economy as the first-ever baseline of digital trade rules with global reach.
Thank you Pascal Kerneis, Joanna Szychowska and @Koen_Verhelst for a great discussion on the E-Commerce JSI this week.
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Nigeria is a valued partner in charting a path to a more food-secure level playing field in agriculture @WTO
Read Australia’s statement to Nigeria’s Trade Policy Review below
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Some important topics discussed at yesterday's South-South Dialogue.
I was honoured to speak on reducing barriers to digital trade for developing and least-developed countries, and how the E-Commerce JSI Agreement will promote a fair, transparent and accessible digital economy.
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I am honoured to present Ambassador Bessa this boomerang, beautifully painted by Melissa Yaram Tipo from Djerait country, on the Australian coast of the Timor Sea
A gift to mark Timor-Leste's WTO accession and a symbol of our close geographic, historical & people-to-people links
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Australia is pleased to continue its support for the Advisory Centre on WTO Law, and its work to ensure a fair and accessible rules-based multilateral trading system
Read more about how the ACWL supports developing & least-developed countries at the WTO👉acwl.ch
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For 60 years the International Trade Centre has assisted developing countries achieve their development ambitions through trade
It was a pleasure to meet Exec. Director @CokeHamilton to discuss ITC's current activities & our shared commitment to a stable, prosperous Indo-Pacific
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A great pleasure to meet @Zuko_Godlimpi, South African Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, to talk about shared interests in the WTO and South Africa’s upcoming G20 host year.
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Congratulations to Ambassador Bessa and 🇹🇱 on formally joining @WTO today, as you also celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Popular Consultation for independence.
🇦🇺 is proud to have supported your accession journey and will continue to help as you forge your future in the WTO.
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A great report on the trade & economic opportunities generated by the 2023 AU-NZ FIFA Women’s World Cup
The report finds in Australia alone:
⚽️+ 1,960 fulltime equivalent jobs for women
⚽️+ USD 379.69 million in GDP
⚽️+ 5% girls playing school soccer
goaleconomy.org/the_developm…
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Thank you, and a big congratulations, to the JSI participants who have worked tirelessly for five years to get us to this important milestone today.
On behalf of the JSI Co-Convenors, I hope this great achievement encourages continued momentum on our journey to incorporation.
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The Cairns Group is working closely with its partners to make MC14 the Ministerial that delivers on agricultural reform.
Thank you to African Group Members for joining the Cairns Group retreat yesterday, and your continued commitment to our shared goals.
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Global agriculture today faces many challenges. There is no one-size-fits-all approach but we know agriculture reform is part of the solution.
Thank you @CairnsGroupWTO for today’s invaluable discussion. Together we can make MC14 one for agriculture reform.
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Congratulations to Timor-Leste's Vice Prime Minister Kalbuadi Lay for submitting Timor-Leste's instrument of acceptance for its @wto accession together with its Fisheries Subsidies Agreement ratification at the WTO today. A great start to the week 🇹🇱 🇹🇱
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Australia and China share an interest in reforming and strengthening the WTO, which sits at the core of the rules-based multilateral trading system.
Read Australia’s Statement on China’s Trade Policy Review below.
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Australia commends Jamaica's commitment to strengthening the @wto
We also acknowledge specific challenges faced by Jamaica as a Small Island Developing State, and the potential benefits from WTO outcomes in agriculture & fisheries
Our statement to Jamaica's Trade Policy Review👇
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Always a pleasure to welcome 🇦🇺 Amb for First Nations People Justin Mohamed to Geneva but especially during @naidocweek
Thank you for your commitment to empowering Australia's First Nations People and promoting their heritage and culture internationally
sbs.com.au/nitv/living-black…
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Some great food for thought at this weeks #WTOAg Workshop
In the face of increasing global challenges, we need agriculture policies that reduce risk, build resilience and ensure sustainability
Australia & @CairnsGroupWTO remain committed to much needed agricultural trade reform
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Working with our Pacific partners so they can participate in, and benefit from, global trade is vital to promoting sustainable economic growth in our region
Australia is proud to support todays display of Pacific products, representing jobs, livelihoods, local business & culture
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Great to partner with Timor-Leste and Fiji on today’s @wto #Aid4Trade event, and on the Market Development Fund, which promotes sustainable economic development throughout the Indo-Pacific
Thanks to our participants who came from far and wide to share experiences (& ☕️) with us
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35 @wto Members standing in our joint support to conclude the Fisheries Subsidies Agreement as soon as possible, this year
Thank you @Matthewbarbados and @CKellyNZ for your initiative on this Statement
#AidforTrade #Aid4Trade
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Delighted to meet with @ForumSEC PIFS Ambassador Mere Falemaka and the Australian delegation to the #GAFTR2024 to announce Australia’s continued support for the PIF Geneva Office, which plays a critical role in promoting Pacific engagement at the WTO and beyond.
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At Canada’s @WTO trade policy review, we pay tribute to Canada’s vital contribution to WTO Reform and future rulemaking.
At a time of increasing stress on rules-based trade, we all need more friends like Canada. 🇨🇦🇦🇺
Australia's statement 👇
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Negotiating a new @WIPO treaty was a true Team Australia effort🤝
Collaboration between Government and non-Government Australians’ expertise and personal experiences helped us deliver on our First Nations approach to foreign policy.
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A powerful and insightful discussion on women in leadership #WIL.
Thank you @JuliaGillard, @NOIweala & @NStottDespoja for sharing your experiences with the @INTGenderChamps. We all have a part to play in increasing women's leadership globally.
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Thank you @Ngulmiya for sharing Numbulwar song and @BiBiBarba for sharing your work during @WIPO negotiations on Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge.
First Nations Australians are the first innovators. They deserve the recognition and respect this treaty would afford.
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Thank you @UNCTAD Secretary-General @RGrynspan for partnering with the Pacific Islands @ForumSec to promote an inclusive digital economy in the Pacific.
👉rb.gy/7vzpm6
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