WTO Tag

Caption: Argentine president Mauricio Macri addresses delegates at the World Trade Organisation’s 11th ministerial conference in Buenos Aires in December (image: WTO/ Cuika Foto) )

Paris and Buenos Aires: different host cities, similar climate challenges

17 Jan - by Sergio Cesarin 0 Comments

With careful diplomacy, high-level meetings in France and Argentina can spur climate action

Caption: A whale shark caught as bycatch (image: Greenpeace).

Time running out for WTO to act on fishing subsidies

11 Dec - by Fermín Koop 0 Comments

Trade ministers must deliver on pledge to phase out fishing subsidies and China’s role is crucial

Caption: Salt mining at Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni. The salt flat is the largest in the world and contains more lithium carbonate reserves than anywhere else (image: Jo VH/ Flickr )

Bolivia’s lithium boom: dream or nightmare?

15 Sep - by Rafael Sagárnaga 1 Comment

Experimental technologies risk creating ‘mountains of residual sludge’ at iconic salt flat

Caption: The Huachipato steelworks in Chile. Latin American producers are being harmed by cheap Chinese steel imports, industry representatives say (image: Periódico Resumen / Flickr)

Steel dumping in Latin America reaches ‘alarming’ levels

07 Sep - by Diálogo Chino 0 Comments

Head of regional association calls for level playing field as Chinese imports double in a year