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Turkey stopped all exports and imports to and from Israel as of Thursday, according to two Turkish officials familiar with the matter.

WTO members welcomed the appointment of a new facilitator for the ongoing negotiations on dispute settlement reform at a meeting of the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on 26 April. Members also formally adopted two dispute panel reports, one concerning EU measures relating to palm oil and oil palm crop-based biofuels from Malaysia and the second concerning Australian anti-dumping duties on certain imports from China.

The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 26 April 2024, of the Dispute Settlement Body, which consists of all WTO members and oversees legal disputes among them. The meeting notice is circulated in the form of a document officially called an “airgram”.

The WTO's Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices met on 24 April 2024 to review members' latest notifications of new, amended or previously reviewed anti-dumping laws and regulations as well as reports on anti-dumping actions.

South Africa has requested WTO dispute consultations with the European Union concerning certain aspects of the regime imposed by the European Union on the importation of South African citrus fruit. The request was circulated to WTO members on 24 April.

Правительство России поддержало законопроект МИД и Минэкономразвития РФ о ратификации полноформатного соглашения о создании зоны свободной торговли между странами ЕАЭС и Ираном.

Mining giant Nornickel will close its copper plant that seeks to cut sulphur dioxide emissions in the Russian Arctic and build a new one in China, CEO Vladimir Potanin said, after Western technology partners refused to supply parts.