Azevêdo sees some positives in global trade ‘shake-up,’ urges cooperation

PARIS – World Trade Organization Director General Roberto Azevêdo said a recent “shake-up” in trade relations has moved countries to wrestle with key issues and contended that the turbulence should be channeled to improve the multilateral trading system. “In some ways you could say that the shake-up in the global trade debate has been positive,” he said at the conclusion of a WTO mini-ministerial at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on May 31. “People are talking about these...