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Incoming chair: WTO General Council members should do more

February 7, 2020 at 8:30 AM
World Trade Organization ambassadors should take advantage of their powers under the WTO agreements and take on more responsibility in the General Council to make decisions between ministerial conferences, the incoming General Council chair said on Thursday. “I’m a great believer that we should not delegate unnecessarily upwards to capitals,” New Zealand Ambassador to the WTO David Walker said at an Asia Society Policy Institute event, emphasizing he was speaking in a personal capacity. “By WTO agreement, we as the...


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