Former WTO director-general: Finding consensus largely ‘impossible’

Less than a month before the World Trade Organization’s 12th ministerial conference, former Director-General Roberto Azevêdo this week underlined the difficulty the organization faces in forging any new agreements – contending that finding consensus at the WTO has become “very difficult, if not impossible.” Azevêdo left the WTO in mid-2020; he was succeeded by Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. By the end of his tenure, he said during an event hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center , members were losing a common...