General Council chair: WTO pandemic package talks need ‘strategic pause’

The World Trade Organization talks on a pandemic-related package need a break to allow for delegations to engage with each other outside of formal gatherings and work through differences, the General Council chair told members on Friday. WTO members have said delivering a package of pandemic-related initiatives is a top priority – first at the 12th ministerial conference before it was postponed and now as soon as they can do so from Geneva. They aim to include a decision on...