WTO facilitator: Prioritizing common good over national interests key to reform

World Trade Organization reform cannot succeed if members prioritize their national interests over the common good, the facilitator of the reform talks said this week, noting “deeply divergent” views among delegations and urging them to “lead with courage.” During a General Council meeting on Monday and Tuesday, Norwegian Ambassador Petter Ølberg, tapped to guide the broad WTO reform talks, detailed the state of the discussions. According to Ølberg, members remain in agreement that the WTO needs significant reform but disagree...