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visible-xs-block">World Trade Report 2024</div> <div class="row collapse"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-12"><a href="/english/res_e/publications_e/wtr24_e.htm"><img alt="" src="/images/img_index/photos/wtr24_md.jpg" class="img-responsive"></a></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-12"> <div class="panel-body"> <!--<div style="float: right"><time datetime="2024-06-09" class="date pull-left">9 <span>Jun</span></time></div>--> <h2 class="h3">World Trade Report 2024<br> <small>Trade and inclusiveness: How to make trade work for all</small></h2> <ul class="mt20"> <li><a href="/english/news_e/news24_e/wtr_09sep24_e.htm" class="link-blue semi-bold500">Launch of the Report</a></li> <li><a href="/english/res_e/booksp_e/wtr24_e/wtr24_e.pdf" class="link-blue semi-bold500" target="_blank" data-content="opens in a new window" data-toggle="tooltip">Download publication</a></li> <li><a href="https://onlinebookshop.wto.org/shop/article_details.asp?Id_Article=962" class="link-blue 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<div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-4 pt20"> <div class="panel panel-default equal-heights"> <div class="panel-heading visible-xs-block">Fisheries subsidies</div> <div class="row collapse"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-12"><a href="javascript:openAVideo(620)"><img alt="fisheries" src="/images/img_index/2023_02_10_fisheries_e.jpg" class="img-responsive"></a></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-12"> <div class="panel-body"> <h2 class="h3">Fisheries subsidies</h2> <ul class="mb0 mt10"> <li><a href="/english/news_e/news24_e/fish_15nov24_e.htm" class="link-blue semi-bold500">Costa Rica formally accepts Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies</a></li> <li><a href="/english/tratop_e/rulesneg_e/fish_e/fish_e.htm" class="link-blue semi-bold500">More on fisheries subsidies</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!--END: Middle Box--> <!-- another row of boxes --> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-4 pt20"> <div class="panel panel-default equal-heights"> <div class="panel-heading visible-xs-block">WTO Secretariat at Climate Change COP29</div> <div class="row collapse"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-12"><a href="/english/tratop_e/envir_e/cop29_e/wto_cop29_e.htm" ><img alt="" src="/images/img_index/photos/cop29_logo_md.jpg" class="img-responsive"></a> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-12"> <div class="panel-body"> <div style="float: right"> <time datetime="2024-11-11" class="date pull-left" style="width: 45px;">11-22 <span>Nov</span></time> </div> <h2 class="h3">WTO Secretariat at Climate Change COP29</h2> <ul class="mt20"> <li><a href="/english/tratop_e/envir_e/cop29_e/wto_cop29_e.htm" class="link-blue semi-bold500">WTO Secretariat participation</a></li> <li><a href="/english/tratop_e/envir_e/cop29_e/knowledge_products_e.htm" class="link-blue semi-bold500">Knowledge products</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-4 pt20"> <div class="panel panel-default equal-heights"> <div class="panel-heading visible-xs-block">30 Years of the WTO</div> <div class="row collapse"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-12"><a href="/english/thewto_e/30y_e/30y_e.htm"><img alt="blog" src="/images/30y/30y_mainpage.png" class="img-responsive"></a></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-12"> <div class="panel-body"> <h2 class="h3">30 Years of the WTO</h2> <ul> <li><a href="javascript:openAVideo(753)" class="link-blue semi-bold500">Video: WTO marks 30th anniversary of Marrakesh Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/english/thewto_e/30y_e/30ytimeline_e.htm" class="link-blue semi-bold500" >30 years of the WTO: a timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/english/thewto_e/30y_e/30y_e.htm" class="link-blue semi-bold500" >Further details</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!--END: Middle Box--> <!--START: DG Box--> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-4 pt20"> <div class="panel panel-default equal-heights"> <div class="panel-heading 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The most recent round — the Doha Development Agenda — began in 2001."> <i class="icon-meeting"></i> <h4 class="small upper">Trade Negotiations</h4> </a> </li> <li> <a href="/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_e.htm" data-placement="top" data-toggle="popover" title="Dispute Settlement" data-content="WTO members bring disputes to the WTO if they think their rights under trade agreements are being infringed. Settling disputes is the responsibility of the Dispute Settlement Body."> <i class="icon-scales"></i> <h4 class="small upper">Dispute Settlement</h4> </a> </li> <li> <a href="/english/tratop_e/monitor_e/monitor_e.htm" data-placement="top" data-toggle="popover" title="Implementation and monitoring" data-content="Various WTO councils and committees seek to ensure that WTO agreements are being properly implemented. 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