Trade Policy Review: Thailand The ninth review of the trade policies and practices of Thailand takes place on 1 and 3 December 2025. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Thailand.
https://www.wto.org/english/tr....atop_e/tpr_e/tpr_tha

WTO MSME Group launches joint WCO-WTO-ICC study and spotlights entrepreneurs The Informal Working Group on Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) held its fourth and final open-ended meeting of 2025 on 2 December, focusing on deepening the presence of MSME voices at the WTO and sharing new resources to support MSME internationalization. The Group launched the WCO, WTO and ICC Joint Study Report on Integration of MSMEs into Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Programmes, also now available in Spanish.
https://www.wto.org/english/ne....ws_e/news25_e/igmsm_

Large increase in new tariffs but also measures to ease global trade, WTO report shows The value of global goods imports affected by new tariffs and other import measures increased more than fourfold from mid-October 2024 to mid-October 2025 compared to the prior 12-month period, marking the highest coverage in over 15 years of WTO trade monitoring, according to the WTO Director-General's latest annual overview of developments in the international trading environment. At the same time, WTO members introduced trade-facilitating measures on both imports and exports, covering one-and-a-half times more trade than the previous period, and were pursuing dialogue more than retaliation.
https://www.wto.org/english/ne....ws_e/news25_e/trdev_

Food processing and global trade flows: What are the trends? Economies around the world are increasingly adopting public health policies aimed at improving nutrition and reducing the onset of diseases such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes. In parallel, public health agencies and researchers are focusing more and more on whether the processing of foods (through the use of additives, preservatives and flavourings) negatively affects health. So, what are the trends for trade in various categories of food and what tariff levels do economies apply?
https://www.wto.org/english/bl....ogs_e/data_blog_e/bl

Conference marks milestone in initiative to support services trade in developing economies At the opening of the Trade in Services for Development (TS4D) Conference on 3-4 December, the WTO and World Bank highlighted progress in the initiative's efforts to help developing economies leverage services trade for growth and development. Emphasizing the importance of services trade for the future of trade, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said: "Our hope in organizing this conference is to open a new chapter in how we think about trade, development, and cooperation." She outlined the initiative’s key achievements and called for greater cooperation in future work.
https://www.wto.org/english/ne....ws_e/news25_e/serv_0