WTO conference ends in division and stalemate – does the global trade body have a viable future?
- Written by Jane Kelsey, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
The 13th World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference in Abu Dhabi has failed to resolve any issues of significance, raising the inescapable question of whether the global trade body has a future.
The three-day meeting was due to end on February 29. But late into a fourth extra day, the 164 members were struggling to even agree on a...
