Welcome among the #INTGenderChampions in Geneva, Ambassador James Baxter of Australia to the WTO and other IOs!🇦🇺

👉Read his commitments for #GenderEquality : buff.ly/4armke2

James Baxter

Australia and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are partnering again on development outcomes in the Indo-Pacific.

Australia’s $2m support will help:

1⃣ Pacific Islands to adopt green technology
2⃣ local and Indigenous women entrepreneurs to harness IP

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Ahead of #MC13 the 🇦🇺 Government has announced over $20 million for regional trade and development, including to support our Indo-Pacific partners' work to access and benefit from the multilateral trading system, with the WTO at its core➡️trademinister.gov.au/minister/don-f…

Trade Ministers are delivering @WTO reform in Abu Dhabi – discussing more inclusive world trade and making the gains of trade deliver for all.

The 13th @WTO Ministerial Conference has just opened and has already confirmed its first achievements: two new Members in Comoros and Timor-Leste.

A special congratulations to Timor-Leste on this important step for economic development and multilateral engagement.

Australia is proud to help support Pacific Island Members to participate at the @WTO Ministerial Meeting next week.

A strong Pacific voice in Abu Dhabi will be good for our region, our fisheries, and the global trading system.

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The WTO Ministerial Conference is almost upon us.

It is a huge opportunity for Trade Ministers to lay out a positive, future-facing @WTO reform agenda.

Australia supports UAE Minister of State for Trade and #MC13 Chair د. ثاني أحمد الزيودي in delivering on this.

Congratulations Ambassador @Lurdes_Bessa on Timor-Leste’s impending @WTO accession, which Trade Ministers will celebrate later this month.

This will be an important step in Timor-Leste’s economic development and a vote of confidence in the multilateral trading system.

MC13 must deliver strong WTO reform outcomes to bolster the multilateral trading system and improve stability for business.

The Ottawa Group is driving reform outcomes to ensure a successful Abu Dhabi Conference. Thank you Mary Ng and 🇨🇦 for your leadership.
Nadia B. Theodore

Australia supports a more inclusive IP system, including for First Nations.

Thank you World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director-General Daren Tang for your work toward successful negotiations on genetic resources and traditional knowledge this year.
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Ninety @WTO Members now face an historic opportunity to set the rules for digital trade.

Let’s follow through on that momentum and secure the benefits of more predictable commerce online.

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I am honoured to have been received as Australia’s Permanent Representative to the WTO by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

I look forward to working with her and my new counterparts to achieve meaningful WTO reform and make next month’s Ministerial Conference a success.

Thank you, team @auswto, for your unwavering dedication to Australia’s interests in Geneva.

You work hard WTO every day in support of Australia’s prosperity and security.

You are the finest team one could hope for.

It’s been a privilege of a lifetime to serve as Australia’s 🇦🇺 representative to the @WTO.

Thanks for your strong leadership and support, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and General Council Chair Athaliah Molokomme.

I can confirm the place is in good hands.

The Houthis’ more than two dozen attacks on commercial vessels since mid-November constitute an international challenge.

…[we have ] a shared commitment to freedom of navigation, international commerce, and defending the lives of mariners from illegal and unjustifiable attacks

Timor-Leste is soon to be the next and newest Member of the @WTO.

Another huge step forward today with the adoption of the accession package by the Working Party.

A big step forward for our close neighbour and friend.

Congratulations Lurdes Bessa!

Caitlin Wilson

Happy New Year 🎉 from Australia’s delegation to ⁦UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳⁩. 🇦🇺 is looking forward to a productive 2024 with all our partners.

It’s been a huge privilege to play a part in the work of the Cairns Group WTO coalition in Geneva.

A group fighting every day for fairness in global agriculture.

Will miss these dear colleagues greatly.

The future of the global economy is digital 🌏

Australia is committed to ensuring our region is ready to harness it.
 
We’re proud to announce our new partnership to expand UNCTAD, the UN trade & development body’s E-Commerce and Digital Economy program into Southeast Asia.

#ECommerce #DigitalTrade

Thanks Federico Villegas, for your huge contribution to the mission of the Cairns Group WTO.

You will be missed.